China aims new JY-27V radar at stealthy targets, such as America’s fifth-gen fighters

China has unveiled a metre-wave radar that can detect American fifth-generation stealth fighters, such as the F-22 and F-35, according to state media.

The JY-27V radar, which is mounted on a military truck for mobility, works with very high frequency (VHF) radio waves.

It can capture and locate “extremely stealthy targets” and guide an air-defence system for a precision strike, according to its developer, state-owned China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC).

It unveiled the JY-27V at a radar expo in Hefei, Anhui province, that ran from Saturday to Monday.

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The radar featured a massive panel of active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna that could unfold and start operation in a few minutes and fold up for rapid evacuation, state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday. The antenna’s automatic folding and unfolding was smooth and quiet, CETC scientist Xu Haizhou was quoted as saying.

The JY-27V is an upgrade from the JY-27A, with a bigger antenna, lower frequency, larger power aperture and refined intelligence algorithms, which increase its ability to detect stealth targets, according to CETC.

South China Morning Post