$150 Million IAI/ELTA's Part in the Turkish F-4 Upgrade Program
Feb 21, 2000
After successful flight tests, ELTA, a subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd (IAI), has begun serial production of the multi-mode airborne fire control radar (FCR). The FCR was developed for the F-4 Turkish Upgrade Program. ELTA's share in the program is valued at about $150 million.
Designated as EL/M-2032 the FCR was designed "By Pilots, for Pilots" oriented for, both air-to-air and air-to-ground strike missions.
In air-to-air modes, the FCR is able to operate in Look-up and Look-down geometric enabling long range target detection and tracking for weapon (missile) delivery or target acquisition in close combat situations. As such, the FCR is able to cope with any existing threat in its area.
The high resolution capabilities of the FCR are used mainly for air-to-ground missions.
The air-to-ground modes include surface (ground and sea) target detection, ranging, terrain avoidance and high resolution mapping by DBS and Spot SAR.
ELTA's EL/M-2032 is flying operationally onboard Kfir, Mirage, F-5, MIG21 Aircraft, and is planed to fly onboard the F-16 Avionics Capabilities Enhancement (ACE) used for demonstrations to customers interested in Mid-Life Upgrade to their F-16s.
Modular hardware and software design, software controlled, adaptable antenna shape and flexible avionic interfaces ensure that the FCR can be installed on additional multimission fighters with minimum modifications to aircraft.
After successfully passing the test flights for the F-4 Turkish Upgrade Program, ELTA started the serial production.
Today ELTA's EL/M-2032 is considered among the most advanced Fire Control Radars for fighter aircraft in the upgrade markets.
For more information, contact:
Doron Suslik
Deputy Corp VP for Communications
Tel: 972 (3) 93 5-8509
Fax: 972 (3) 935-8512
Email: hpaz@hdq.iai.co.il
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