Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)

The radar warning receiver displays and identifies sources of radar emissions. Acronyms identify the radar platform, while symbols help the user prioritize and respond to threats. The display updates a source every time a ping hits the aircraft.

To avoid clutter, the radar of most friendly units does not appear on the RWR unlike in real life.

Example Scenario

This is a brief example of what the RWR panel shows when a hostile Drone Fighter (DF) is detected, then locks on and fires a missile.

RWR Example Scenario

Symbology

Symbol	Definition
	Primary Threat
	Threat is Locked-on or tracking you. Listen for increased radar pings, or radar spike (lock-on) warning tone. A threat may wait for a better firing solution, so anticipate a missile launch warning.
	Newly detected threat. Cross reference with a yellow diamond on the HUD through ARAD.
	Airborne threat. Looks like wings.
	This is uniquely colored because it is the most urgent. A threat locked on to you doesn't guarantee they will fire a missile. As the defender, this tells you a missile has switched to its homing radar and is about 10 seconds from you. Conversely, as the attacker this is what your enemy would see and also when your AIM-120 AMRAAM would've displayed an M on the HUD.

Acronyms

Symbol	Definition
	This is the fire control radar for the many types of anti air Gatling guns.
	Drone boat (cruiser or carrier)
	Drone Fighter
	Ship based missile launcher radar
	"Dish, SAM" The rotating dish fire control radar.
	AWACS
	Air superiority fighter, specifically the ASF-58.
	"H-Carrier", the NFP Carrier
	SAAW
	"SAM Radar". This is the phased array fire control radar.