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Ferranti (GEC/BAE) radar family tree

Year Technologies
AI-23 series
1950/60s Blue Parrot Monopulse
TSR.2 FLR Analogue
P.1154 ranging/TA Valves
AWG-11/12
Transistors

1970s
Sea Spray Digital
Blue Fox
Flat plate -
antennae
AI.24 Red Fox

1980s Pulse Doppler


Blue Fox 2 CASTOR
Blue Falcon
Programmable-
Blue Kestrel processing
PS/05A Blue Vixen 5000
CAD/CAM
Red Falcon Super Vixen Sea Spray 3000
1990s
Blue Hawk COTS
AEW/
ECR90/Captor-M ASaC
AESA

AMSAR
Sea Spray Core
2000s CAESAR 6500/7000/7500 processing
E
PicoSAR
Vixen 500/750 Swashplate

Raven
Captor-E

Surveillance
Fighter radars radars
Key:
Proposed Tested Service Note:
Supported (underline indicates Does not include updates, prototypes etc.
status from three above) E.g Blue Fox B post 1984, Blue
Vixen/Kestrel development models (X, A,
Solid arrow = direct link B), Blue Kestrel 5000 update etc.
Dashed arrow = experience etc.

Last updated: 07/01/2013 Copyright M J Pryce 2007

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