EWR for Ships

[MBot]

Another oldie but goldie request. Please add the EWR task to ships, so that ships can act as EWR and provide target information to AI aircraft. Doesn't seem like this should be too hard to implement. Carriers/ships controlling aircraft is a common concept.

[Northstar98]

+99999

Though one issue - ships like carriers (at least for the Supercarrier, Kuznetsov and Forrestal), don't have their primary air-search radars modelled (namely the AN/SPS-48 and AN/SPS-49, note that this also goes for the -49 on the OHP and Ticonderoga) - they're only defined with fire-control radars (of which some have little/no acquisition capability IRL, like the Mk 95) and a surface-search/navigation radar. These radars will probably have to be modelled before such a request can be implemented.

Edited August 8, 2023 by Northstar98

[QuiGon]

+1
Absolutely needed!

[MAXsenna]

Bring it!
±1

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[draconus]

I remember playing missions (probably F-14 Reforger I campaign) where one of the Tico's was in charge as the EWR and DL source. Or was it some ME trick at play?

[Northstar98]

56 minutes ago, draconus said:

I remember playing missions (probably F-14 Reforger I campaign) where one of the Tico's was in charge as the EWR and DL source. Or was it some ME trick at play?

I can't speak for the EWR (was it using the same callouts that DCS uses for EWR and AEW aircraft?), but for data link, Tomcats have their own in-house system for it (note that Link 4A should also be present on the Hornet, but it's tactical functions aren't planned (so only ACLS)), so that explains that.

[MBot]

Yes, player F-14 getting DL from Ticonderogas is something that Heatblur has implemented on their own. This is not related to the core-game EWR functionality (radio calls for players, giving target data to AI).

[upyr1]

Red crown 

[Exorcet]

This is very much needed.

Similarly, it would be nice to have a lower capability EWR like task for all units, such that any unit can try to assist the player in finding a target.

[Silver_Dragon]

Modelling all the radar, sonar, datalinks, electronic warfare, countermeasures and decoy systems of a ship in DCS World is a complete savagery... there if we would need several teams just for the naval environment. I have already been putting in a post everything I could find about it and the work, it is titanic.