AI-24 Foxhunter

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The AI-24 airborne radar is carried by the Panavia Tornado Air Defence Variant and gives this aircraft its all-weather, day and night, beyond-visual-range engagement capability.

Despite initial problems — the radar was 4 years late and 60 percent over budget — successive upgrades have constantly improved the RAF F3 force. The Tornado F3 with its Foxhunter radar is recognised as one of the most effective combat aircraft in service. While the aircraft is not a "true" air defence fighter in the mould of the F-15 & F-16, the RAF has developed tactics to exploit its long range engagement capabilities and to guard against its weaknesses.

The radar was manufactured by GEC-Marconi Avionics later part of BAE Systems Avionics and SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems.

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