more at
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russias-next-fighter-might-have-new-way-shoot-down-f-22s-and-f-35s-28497
The Russians are not the first to start developing photonic radars. An Italian
funded project called PHOtonic-based full DIgital Radar (PHODIR) developed the
first fully photonics-based coherent radar system in 2014. A photonic radar
replaces the traditional electronic circuits of conventional radars with lasers,
optical filters and photodiodes to generate very precise, high-quality radio
objects like conventional systems, the laser allows it to pulse highly tuned
frequencies in a broad emission band from the tens of megahertz to possibly up
If the Russians succeed in developing such systems, Moscow would be in
in operation around the world. Potentially, such a radar system could allow the
Russians to develop a weapons quality track on a stealth aircraft if it proves
to be successful.
X-band radio-photonic radar this year. That "will determine a principal scheme
of building the radio-photonic locator," the RTI Group told TASS . That should
allow the company "in several years to build prototypes of super-light and
small-size radars for unmanned aerial vehicles."
"The radio-photonic radar will be able to see farther than existing radars, in
our estimates. And, as we irradiate an enemy in an unprecedentedly wide range of
frequencies, we'll know its position with the highest accuracy and after
processing we'll get an almost photographic image of it - radio vision,"
Vladimir Mikheyev, an advisor to the first deputy chief executive officer of
KRET, told TASS last year.
KRET claims to have already developed working prototypes of various
subcomponents of their photonic radar. KRET is now working on building a
full-scale prototype of the system.
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