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特拉维夫消息：以色列空军的F-35特殊测试飞机将于2020年7月4日与另外三架联合攻击战斗机一起到达以色列。目前以色列正在开始有计划地升级IAF的F-35战机，以使其成为以色列国防军的主要作战飞机。 根据预定计划，在2020年11月以色列将接收另外3架，这将使IAF的F-35总数达到当前合同规定50架的27架。 报道称，这架经过特殊改装的测试飞机在一年前正式交付给以色列空军，并且已经安装了以色列开发的一些新系统。但是，最敏感的系统只有在飞机降落在以色列之后才能安装。 目前，以色列空军装备有20架F-35战机，可随时用于战斗行动。F-35战机的主要特点是它能够吸收从雷达和防空系统发射的电子信号的能力，并迅速把它们分选和目标定位，并这些信息显示给战机飞行员。然后F-35飞机还可以将该数据信息分发给其他战斗人员。 关键数据是通过嵌入F-35边缘的飞机无源天线进行收集的。他们将信号信息传给战机的机载计算机。F-35利用干涉仪，通过将一个信号与另一个信号交叉定位，可以得出方位角和距离之间的最短时间延迟，并可生成威胁目标的具体数据。 F-35 已经非常先进的ELINT系统将由IAF与以色列的国防公司合作进一步升级。 自F-35隐形战斗机首次抵达以色列以来，一些本地制造的系统已经在不同的情况下进行了部分测试，但是测试飞机将允许这些新系统完全按照自己的进度进行部署。 这架试验机将使以色列的每架F-35都能充当以色列所有地面和海军部队的“目标发生器”，这要归功于某些人所说的以色列制造的指挥与控制系统。 正在为IAF的F-35飞机开发系统的以色列公司不愿提供有关正在开发的系统的详细信息。 IAF前指挥官Eitan Ben Eliyahu对媒体表示，F-35将为以色列空军现有的能力之外带来两项新的主要能力：一是隐身能力，它对于以色列空军对抗先进的防空系统至关重要。二是能够从一系列传感器中接收和分发各种作战数据的能力。本·埃利耶胡（Ben Eliyahu）说，“这对于几乎每天执行战斗任务的空军来说非常重要。” Israelis To Boost F-35 Fleet’s Electronic Warfare TEL AVIV: The Israeli air force’s F-35 special test aircraft is set to arrive in Israel, suitably enough, on the Fourth of July, along with three more Joint Strike Fighters. The arrival will start a planned process of upgrading the IAF’s F-35 aimed at making them the main target supplier for the Israeli defense forces. In November another three are scheduled to arrive, bringing the IAF’s total to 27 out of the 50 in the current contract. The special test aircraft was officially delivered to the IAF a year ago and some new systems developed by Israel have been installed. But the most sensitive systems will be installed only after the aircraft lands in Israel. Currently, the IAF operates 20 F-35 (Adir) and uses them in combat. One of the key capabilities of the F-35 is its capability to absorb electronic signals from radars and air defense systems and to quickly classify them, geolocate them, and display them to the pilot. Then the aircraft can distribute that data to other combatants. The critical data is collected by the aircraft’s passive antennas embedded in the F-35’s edges. They feed the signals information to the jet’s computers. Using interferometers, the slightest time delay between when a signal hits one antenna compared to another, azimuth and range can be defined and target-quality coordinates created on where the threatening radio frequency emission is coming from. The already very advanced ELINT system of the F-35 is going to be further upgraded by the IAF, working with Israel’s defense companies. Since the stealth fighter aircraft first arrived in Israel, some locally-made systems have been partially tested in different scenarios, but the test aircraft will allow these new systems to be put completely through their paces. The test aircraft will enable each of the Israeli F-35s to function as a “Target Generator” for all Israeli ground and naval forces thanks to what some have described as an Israeli-built command-and-control system. The Israeli companies that are developing systems for the IAF’s F-35’s are reluctant to provide details about the systems under development. Eitan Ben Eliyahu, former commander of the IAF, told Breaking Defense that the F-35 will bring two main capabilities to the Israeli air force’s existing ones: “The stealth of course is the obvious one and it is crucial in an area where different forces deploy advanced anti-aircraft systems. “The second capability is the one that allows this aircraft to receive and distribute all kinds of combat data from a long list of sensors. This,” Ben Eliyahu said, “is very important for an air force that is performing combat missions almost on a daily basis.” |
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