Radar Energy Warfare and the Challenges of Stealth Technology by Bahman Zohuri

Author:Bahman Zohuri
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9783030406196
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

During a system demonstration by Hensoldt at the exhibit, company engineers convened around a large TwInvis screen showing the track of a Eurofighter performing a thundering aerial show nearby. But the prized target of opportunity, the two F-35s, remained sitting on the tarmac (i.e., Fig. 4.3) [2].

As the event ended, Hensoldt kept a close eye on any movement of the heavily guarded F-35s on the airfield. As exhibitors began to clear out, it looked like the chance of catching the planes during their inevitable departure back home would be lost. But in Hensoldt’s telling, someone had the idea of setting up TwInvis outside the airport, which ended up being at a nearby horse or pony farm. Thus, engineers got a word from the Schönefeld tower about when the F-35s were slated to take off. Once the planes were airborne, the company says it started tracking them and collecting data, using signals from the planes’ ADS-B transponders to correlate the passive sensor readings.

Hensoldt’s engineers are also claiming that various radio station broadcasts in the area, especially a bunch of strong Polish FM emitters broadcasting deep into Germany, improved TwInvis calibration during the Berlin show. The border is about 70 km away from the Schönefeld Airport.

That step came after the Defense Ministry sponsored a weeklong “measuring campaign” in Southern Germany last fall aimed at visualizing the entire region’s air traffic through TwInvis. Also, noteworthy, in the year and a half that followed, the air show, emphasis on stealth features for the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System program, meant to be Europe’s next-generation warplane, shifted.

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