I’ve seen videos on it from leading YouTubers. They do a good job at covering the maneuverability of it, but they don’t explain enough of the electronics to satisfy my appetite. I understand that it’s is great at electronic warfare due to advanced processing power from advanced chips. What are they doing with all that electronic power, running an LLM chat bot to deceive the enemy in their own language and ray tracing graphics on the helmet HUD?
I believe it’s radar is so advanced that it’s able to act as a QB the way dedicated planes like the Hawkeye used to do.
real-time tracking of
everything
running an LLM chat bot to deceive the enemy in their own language and ray tracing graphics on the helmet HUD
Exactly this, yes
The heads up display isn’t something you see in front of you like most planes. The helmets are the heads up display, like augmented reality.
There are cameras all over the plane to help you see through the aircraft (see ground targets through the floor, nearby aircraft through your wing). Think of the resolution and bitrate needed to make it useful!
Just like how an apache gunner can simply look at a target to aim the gun at them you can do the same thing to get missile lock. And if you can’t hit it it’s still marked for every allied plane in the airspace to see. If you are out of missiles but you are tracking an enemy plane miles ahead, you can send the data to an F-15 miles behind you and let their missiles lock and fire from farther than they can engage alone.
With that in mind the radar is awesome letting it see threats from greater distances than the opposition, with the stealth capabilities good enough to keep them from easily doing the same.
I’m sure there are other surprises too, but the military obviously wants to keep those a secret
