MOSCOW. Aug 27 (Interfax-AVN) - The State Research Institute for Aviation Systems has created the Sapfir-2000 automated onboard radar check system for combat aircraft, Yevgeny Fedosov, CEO of the institute, told Interfax-Military News Agency Wednesday.
"The Sapfir-2000 is a modern automated system. It is designed to check and record the parameters of the onboard radars of fighter jets. The system has been demonstrated at the MAKS 2003 international air show and appreciated by aircraft operators," he said.
He also said that the Sapfir-2000 would be in demand because the MRO of radars has become more difficult while the currently operational checking equipment has become obsolete.
The set is intended for the monitoring, diagnostics, and operability forecast of non-dismounted onboard radars of the MIG- 21 Fishbed, MIG-29 Fulcrum, SU-27 and SU-30 Flanker, and the derivatives thereof with module-level trouble search.
"Sapfir also provides for after-mounting automated monitoring and adjustment of replacement equipment," Fedosov said.
Experts say other advantages of the system are all-mode monitoring/adjustment of onboard radars and two- to threefold reduction in the dimensions and weight of the checking equipment. The Sapfir does the job six to eight times as fast as its currently operational counterparts.