Typhoon Radar

Overview What is AESA? Typhoon intercept scenario

Leonardo is proud to be the UK’s Radar Centre of Excellence, based in Edinburgh for the last 80 years. Our highly skilled engineers and technicians have designed and developed the European Common Radar System (ECRS), equipping Eurofighter Typhoon fleets worldwide.

In the late 1990s, we delivered the Captor-M, a mechanically scanned array radar for the Eurofighter Typhoon, which entered service in 2003. Building on the Captor-M’s operational success, Leonardo transitioned to Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar technology. The ECRS, a significant upgrade from M-Scan, offers world-leading enhanced detection, tracking and electronic warfare capabilities.

Today, the highly capable ECRS Mk0 is readily available for deployment, and the ECRS Mk2, which offers an advanced package of capabilities, is being developed in collaboration with the UK Ministry of Defence.

ECRS Mk0

ECRS Mk0 is designed and built by Leonardo UK as part of the EuroRadar consortium, incorporating knowledge and experience gained through the development of CAPTOR-M and technical demonstrator programmes. The system is Eurofighter Typhoon’s first AESA Radar.

ECRS Mk1

Leveraging previous ECRS capability, Hensoldt has developed the ECRS Mk1 for Spanish and German fleets

ECRS Mk2

ECRS Mk2 is a multi-function Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) designed and built by Leonardo to provide Eurofighter Typhoons with a world-leading Electronic Warfare (EW) and Electronic Attack (EA) capability alongside optimised traditional radar functions.

Active Electronically Scanned Array radar: what is it?

This article explores how Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) is now the pinnacle of radar technology, following the rapid advances in combat aircraft seen during the last century. This is part of the ongoing effort to ensure pilots and crews observe their environment and detect adversaries quicker than they can be detected.

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Active Electronically Scanned Array radar: what is it?

Typhoon intercept scenario – AESA’s operational role

An operational view of how the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) developed by Leonardo for the Eurofighter Typhoon provides unrivalled levels of situational awareness thanks to its invisible beams of energy which act as the pilot's eyes.

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