ARIE EGOZI / TEL AVIV
Israel's air force is to use a balloon-carried phased-array radar supplied by Israel Aircraft Industries subsidiary Elta Electronics to enhance its ability to detect low-flying aircraft. The service has been on high alert to respond to possible attempts by terrorists to use small aircraft to penetrate Israeli airspace.
Elta has developed a 1.5t version of a phased-array radar for the balloon-carried "look-down" system, which will be used by the air force to fill in gaps in national air-defence coverage provided by ground-based radar systems.
Israel and two undisclosed countries have purchased the system, says Elta, and other potential customers have shown interest in acquiring smaller versions of the radar.
Source: Flight International
