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Europe's three nation (France, Germany and the UK) Airborne Multirole Solid-state Active-array Radar (AMSAR) has successfully passed its Phase 2A Critical Milestone Review (CMR), paving the way for the construction and testing of a Core Antenna Radar (CAR) demonstrator. Intended to develop and maintain a European active, electronically scanned radar capability, AMSAR involves BAE Systems in the UK, France's Thomson-CSF DETEXIS and the German arm of the European Aeronautic, Defence and Space (EADS) Company and has the eventual goal of developing an operational radar for retrofit aboard combat aircraft such as the Eurofighter, Rafale and Mirage 2000. The Phase 2A element of the effort has involved completion of the design specification and procurement/production of the main subsystems for the CAR demonstrator. CAR itself will comprise a fully populated active antenna that incorporates 1000 transceiver modules and which, together with associated exciter, beam control and data acquisition subsystems, will be used in an extensive series of groundbased and airborne trials. Elsewhere in Europe, Sweden's Ericsson Microwave Systems is known to have been working on an active electronically scanned array for potential back fit into existing radars such as the company's PS-05/A airborne fire-control set.