Does anyone knows if the AWG-9 has a A/G mode?

[Darkbrotherhood7]

The AWG-9 radar operates in a high-power pulseDoppler

mode for long-range target detection and

tracking, multiple-target tracking and Phoenix missile

attacks. A conventional pulse mode is available for airto-ground

mapping and ranging and short-range

dogfight attacks with Sidewinder missiles and/or the

M61 Vulcan cannon. The radar provides continuous

wave target illumination for medium-range dogfights

using Sparrow air-to-air missiles.

 

 

https://www.forecastinternational.com/archive/disp_old_pdf.cfm?ARC_ID=113

 

Thanks.:)

[BlackLion213]

https://www.forecastinternational.com/archive/disp_old_pdf.cfm?ARC_ID=113

 

Thanks.:)

 

I'm quite sure that it didn't. However, it could emit on a frequency band that could allow for ground mapping (IIRC), though the necessary software (and hardware for the AWG-9) was never developed.

 

The APG-71 with it's false aperture could perform ground mapping, but the F-14D never had the proper software or development to use it.

 

As far as I've ever read (which could be wrong...) no version of the F-14 had A-G radar modes/capability.

 

-Nick

 

PS - I love your new avatar. :)

[Darkbrotherhood7]

I'm quite sure that it didn't. However, it could emit on a frequency band that could allow for ground mapping (IIRC), though the necessary software (and hardware for the AWG-9) was never developed.

 

The APG-71 with it's false aperture could perform ground mapping, but the F-14D never had the proper software or development to use it.

 

As far as I've ever read (which could be wrong...) no version of the F-14 had A-G radar modes/capability.

 

-Nick

 

PS - I love your new avatar. :)

 

Thanks, Nick. Good info as always:thumbup:

[Morkva_55]

The APG-71 can also be linked to the infrared search and track set (IRSTS) for pas­sive, long-range search making little use of the active radar.

Digital scan control and improved frequency agility are also part of the upgrade.

The low-side-lobe antenna is more difficult to jam.

Its mount is different, but the antenna retains the gimbal system used in the AWG-9.

 

In addition to the modes provided by the AN/AWG-9, the AN/APG-71 provides:

• Manual Rapid Lock-on (MRL)
  
• Pilot Automatic Lock-on (PAL)
  
• Hot Range While Search (HRWS)
  
• Vertical Scan Lock-on (VSL)
  
• Pilot Lock-on Mode (PLM)
  
• Raid Assessment (RA)
  
• Ground Map (GM)
  
• Air-to-Ground Ranging (AGR)
  

Read more

http://www.aviatia.net/f-14-radar/

[lunaticfringe]

LN isn't making the D.

[StandingCow]

LN isn't making the D.

 

Who says? They might: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2834938&postcount=23

[Dudikoff]

Who says? They might: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2834938&postcount=23

 

They are still not doing it. All that's said there is that they're not categorically rejecting the possibility of making it in future.

[CheckGear]

Who says? They might: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2834938&postcount=23

 

There's a whole lot of distance between "might" and "will."

 

A lot of folks don't appreciate just how different of an aircraft the "Super" Tomcat was from the Tomcat. It's the same amount of difference that exists between the F-15A/B/C/D and the F-15E. If they ever do make an F-14D (which I hope they do), it's going to take a whole lot of work to make it happen.

[StandingCow]

My point was his statement is too absolute. There is a possibility.

[lunaticfringe]

My statement is in relation to the OP question and the admitted work LN is doing here and now. APG-71 information has no bearing on the question asked, or current plans.

 

This is what every thread becomes. Someone asks a question. People answer. Somebody comes along and throws a bunch of unrelated conjecture at the conversation. Clarification is made to keep the waters from being muddied. Definitions of words get discussed. Confusion is made in the minds of those not paying attention.

 

And then three months to a year from now, somebody is going to adamantly say, "we'll I remember LN saying they were going to make a D model Tomcat and now I'm mad it's just a B!"

 

Answer questions that are asked with topic pertinent responses.

Answer in accordance to what a developer has stated they are doing, versus what they might do at some distant point in the future.

 

It saves pissing matches, headaches, and time.

[StandingCow]

My statement is in relation to the OP question and the admitted work LN is doing here and now. APG-71 information has no bearing on the question asked, or current plans.

 

This is what every thread becomes. Someone asks a question. People answer. Somebody comes along and throws a bunch of unrelated conjecture at the conversation. Clarification is made to keep the waters from being muddied. Definitions of words get discussed. Confusion is made in the minds of those not paying attention.

 

And then three months to a year from now, somebody is going to adamantly say, "we'll I remember LN saying they were going to make a D model Tomcat and now I'm mad it's just a B!"

 

Answer questions that are asked with topic pertinent responses.

Answer in accordance to what a developer has stated they are doing, versus what they might do at some distant point in the future.

 

It saves pissing matches, headaches, and time.

 

Fair enough, I was just sharing news I thought some people may have missed.

[Drag0nWIng]

those guys only lived in theirs own world, don't mad with them.

Soliloquize?