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nies try to market the aircraft emphasizing the capabilities of the [ AIR SYSTEMS ]
Israeli developed radar that according to Elta is superior to parallel
designs.

New Offering
The promotion effort points to the combat proven capabilities of the
Israeli airforce AEW aircraft (EITAM) based on the G-550 business
jet. The main mission of the "Eitam", a Gulfstream G-550 that is
the platform carrying the ELTA radars, is to give Israeli long-range
detection of threats before any ground-based radar can do the job.
With an endurance of over eight hours and an altitude of 42.000
Eye in with a real time aerial picture that is the basis for the complicated
feet the Eitam supplies the IAF 's command and other squadrons,
missions the IAF is required to perform.

The Eitam carries the ELTA EL/W-2085 multi-sensor suite, which
comprises four conformal L- and S-band radars, plus communica-
the Sky tion and electronic support measures, communications intelligence
and ELINT capabilities and identification friend-or-foe equipment,
plus various other antennas mounted on the fuselage.

Smart Scanner
Surveillance data gathered by these on-board sensors is fused and
continuously cross-correlated, enabling the suite to be automati-
ELTA & EMBRAER ARE SCOUTING cally cued to search for specific targets, up to full 360° coverage.
FOR ORDERS FOR THEIR NEW The AEW radar uses four main active electronically scanned array
antennas for wide-area coverage and to allow an instantaneous
AEW PLATFORM focus to be made on selected targets of interest.

Arie Egozi Elta says the radar can be pointed at any direction at any time,
with the parameters of its arrays controlled by a computer. As a
result, surveillance can be limited to a battle zone and other areas
Two years after creating a joint venture to offer of interest using a much higher scan rate.
the market a low cost high capability AEW air-
craft EMBRAER and ELTA the subsidiary of A special mode for maneuvering and high-value targets also
Israel aerospace industries are negotiating with employs a high scan rate, with beam shapes optimized to ensure
some potential customers. The two compa- tracking performance and extended detection range.

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