1) If your mind only comes up with IRST and DAS when "embedded sensors" are mentioned, then obviously you need to do more research.
If your mind can't process the question, just say so. This is your original passage:
It's wide range EMBEDDED sensors to provide 360 degree coverage in a STEALTHY manner. Can you elaborate how the su-57m is a significant step above f-22 and f-35 in this trend and how its onboard processor can fuse all these information in a way significantly better than f-22 or f-35?
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It’s clear Su-57M is the baseline for 5.5 gen since it combines 5th fighter with 6th gen technology. New Stage 2 AL-51F-1 engines with stealthy nozzles for VLO, wide bandwidth sensors from X band to L band to IR to UV, AI technology to team with S-70 Okhotnik, advanced aerodynamics with tiny vertical tails for low drag and stealth, DIRCM which is pretty much direct energy protection against missile seakers.
You wanted to know how the Su-57(M) is a significant step above, I mentioned briefly IRST/DAS for the F-22, the comment on embedded sensors was a dig on LockMart. I can go further, installation of cheek radars and leading edge radars(there's your embedded sensor, since you like them so much).
If people want to talk about conformal radar arrays, then say so, strain gauge sensors in the load-bearing structures, then say so, new sensor arrays that can operate in new bands simultaneously, then say so. I've gotten tired of people regurgitating LinkedIn-style marketing speeches and buzzwords.
2) if you fail to comprehend that I never once made a statement or implied that su-57 does not pocess sensor fusion, then perhaps slower reading and even slower impulse to respond is much required.
You're failing to understand that I never implied that you did, but your question over how the Su-57(M) differed in comparison to the F-22/35 implied that they're the same, even though the person you responded to listed their reasons for believing so. Did you read what he wrote?
He believed that the Su-57M was a closer aircraft to being 5.5 gen/6th gen, than the competition, I personally, as I've stated before, highly dislike the 5.5 gen, 6th gen terminology, literally no reason to use it as nobody agrees on it's definition, it was easy stating this with going from the 4th gen to the 5th, but now not so much. But it is obvious to a neutral observer with a decent reading of the three aircraft, that when it comes to sources of onboard data(sensors), the Su-57 is markedly different from all other fifth gens. Yes, you can argue that the F-22 had cheek radars and IRST planned, but it never came to fruition, and no other 5th gen has onboard DIIRCM with scanning capabilities.
3) sensor fusion isn't a black and white issue yes it has or no it doesn't. The advancement of onboard computer(s) both in term of its AI and raw processing power cannot be determined simply by the number of sensors an aircraft carries. If that's the case block 4 f-35 and previous versions would have the same level of sensor fusion since block 4 doesn't add any additional sensor right
I agree, it's not a black and white, but it's quite logical to assume that an aircraft that carries 3 X-band radars compared to 1, is likely going to be designed both in hardware and software to a higher specification for the higher information load. Not to mention all the other sensors onboard the Su-57.
Sensor fusion isn't some magical improvement to an aircraft's awareness, If I am in an F-35 using active radar because the weather is too cloudy for my EODAS or chin IRST to see another aircraft that isn't emitting for my passive emitters to pick up, and it's off to my left or right outside of the nose APG radar coverage, then I could have every CPU/GPU on the planet hooked up to my aircraft running the most advanced sensor fusion, AI, algorithms ever dreamt of, I will not see that aircraft on the tactical display.
And your point about block 4 F-35s compared to the previous blocks would carry weight if the previous blocks weren't LRIP versions, purposely made to get the F-35 into service faster to make up for delays. Regardless, you can never add cheek arrays or any other significant sensor to add data streams to your fusion software if the aircraft wasn't designed for it in the first place, but adding to it's processing capabilities by swapping the computing units for more advanced ones, like the F-35s modular LRUs, is a standard process.
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