5/10/2007 - EDINBURGH, Scotland --- The Euroradar
CAESAR active electronically scanned array (AESA)
variant of the successful CAPTOR radar system has
successfully completed a flight test programme in the
Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. The flights were
conducted by EADS from the Manching facility in
Germany.
The CAESAR (Captor Active Electronically Scanned
Array Radar) system is an AESA radar demonstrator
developed and funded by the Euroradar consortium
consisting of - SELEX Sensors & Airborne Systems
(S&AS), Galileo Avionica of Italy, EADS Defence
Electronics of Germany and INDRA of Spain. CAESAR
enables AESA capability to be fully exploited, while
retaining all features and capabilities of the
original CAPTOR radar system.
Source: Eurofighter Press Release