Foxhunter

Airborne Radar

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Figure 1: AI-24 Foxhunter air interception radar, as fitted to BAe Tornado F3 interceptors (© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, licensed: CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, licensed: CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0

Basic Information

Name

Foxhunter

Designation

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Alternate Designation

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Equipment Type

Airborne Radar

Manufacturer

BAE-Systems

Date of Introduction

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Description

The AI-24 Foxhunter is an X-band multimode pulse-Doppler airborne interception (AI) radar system manufactured by BAE Systems in the United Kingdom. Optimized for air defense, it operates primarily using a pulse-Doppler technique called Frequency Modulated Interrupted Continuous Wave (FMICW) and has an instrumented range of 185 km. The radar features a hydraulically stabilized Cassegrain antenna and was designed to be compatible with the size and weight constraints of the Tornado air defense variant. Its traveling wave tube transmitter supports various waveforms, while the receiver utilizes separate intermediate frequency (IF) amplifiers for FMICW and pulse modes due to their distinct optimal characteristics. Pulse radar modes employ Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) filters for intrapulse modulation and pulse compression, whereas FMICW modes use frequency modulation for ranging.

Air & Air Defense Specifications

Range 185.0 km

Technical Characteristics

frequency X band

instrumented range 185 km

Details

Country of Origin United Kingdom

Category Airborne Radars

Air > Airborne Radars

Sources

radartutorial.eu: https://www.radartutorial.eu/19.kartei/08.airborne/karte034.en.html

Classification

Domain

Air & Air Defense

Equipment Status

Active

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