A non-co-operative target identification (NCTI) capability for the Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne-warning and control system is to be demonstrated by the US Air Force. A 42-month programme is planned, leading to laboratory and flight-testing of an active-radar target-identification processor. The NCTI system is intended to classify targets, whether military or commercial, friendly, neutral or hostile. Technology developed for the E-3's Westinghouse APY-2 radar is potentially applicable to the US Air Force's TPS-75 ground radar and the SPY-1 air-defence system on US Navy Aegis-class cruisers, the service says.
Source: Flight International
