Irbis-E
Sign in to saveIrbis-E (Snow Leopard) is a Russian multi-mode, hybrid passive electronically scanned array radar system developed by Tikhomirov NIIP for the Sukhoi Su-35 multi-purpose fighter aircraft. NIIP developed the Irbis-E radar from the N011M Bars radar system used on Sukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft.
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- Aircraft.name
- Irbis-E radar
- Aircraft.image
- Electronically Scanned Array IRBIS E.jpg
- Aircraft.aircraft_type
- X band Hybrid Passive electronically scanned array
- Aircraft.national_origin
- Russia
- Aircraft.manufacturer
- Tikhomirov NIIP
- Aircraft.designer
- Tikhomirov NIIP
- Aircraft.status
- Operational
- Aircraft.primary_user
- Russian Air Force
- Aircraft.developed_from
- Bars radar
- Aircraft.developed_into
- Byelka
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Irbis-E (Snow Leopard) is a Russian multi-mode, hybrid passive electronically scanned array radar system developed by Tikhomirov NIIP for the Sukhoi Su-35 multi-purpose fighter aircraft. NIIP developed the Irbis-E radar from the N011M Bars radar system used on Sukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft.
==Design== Irbis-E development started in 2004 and the first radar prototype entered flight tests on board an Su-30M2 aircraft acting as a test bed in early 2007. The resulting radar system provides air-to-air, air-to-sea and air-to-ground (ground mapping, Doppler beam sharpening and Synthetic Aperture Radar modes) modes with improved performance in intense clutter (radar) environments compared to its predecessor, the Bars system. In addition, Irbis has been designed to detect low and super-low observable/stealth airborne threats.
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