MilitaryOperational Assessment Testing of IVEWS on F-16 Completed, Northrop Grumman Says Northrop Grumman said that it has completed operational assessment testing of the company’s ultra-wideband architecture AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) for U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters. The company’s Rolling Meadows,…
MilitaryViper Shield Has First Flight on F-16 at Edwards AFB The L3Harris Technologies AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield all-digital electronic warfare suite recently had its first flight on a Royal Bahraini Air Force Block 70 F-16C assigned to the U.S. Air Force’s 412th Test…
MilitaryL3Harris and Northrop Grumman Moving Ahead on F-16 Electronic Warfare Suites - Sept. 19 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—L3Harris Technologies said that its site in Clifton, N.J., several weeks ago began the build of 166 AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield all-digital electronic warfare (EW) suites for F-16 fighters in six…
MilitaryL3Harris Electronic Warfare System Completes Rigorous Testing MELBOURNE, Fla., July 10, 2024 — L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has completed testing on its latest Viper Shield Electronic Warfare (EW) system, which enhances protection for F-16 pilots, at the U.S. Air Force’s…
MilitaryTurkey Plans to Upgrade Its F-16 Cockpits in $259M Deal with Lockheed Turkey will upgrade the avionics and flight control systems in its fleet of F-16 fighters under a new agreement with Lockheed Martin recently greenlit by the U.S. State Department. The NATO ally…
AI & AutonomyUSAF Plans Sensor Testing for Autonomous F-16s The U.S. Air Force plans to integrate and test sensors, including advanced electronically scanned array radar, on autonomous F-16 fighters to feed the service’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. The Air…
MilitaryAerospace Companies Suggest Possible 5G Interference with Military Radars U.S. aerospace firms are suggesting that an upcoming 5G rollout by AT&T and Verizon could lead to harmful interference with military radar altimeters. Earlier this month, the wireless companies said that they…
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MilitaryAPG-83 AESA Radars to Improve F-16 Air-to-Air, Air-to-Ground Performance The Northrop Grumman AN/APG-83 scalable agile beam radar (SABR) for U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters by Lockheed Martin is to provide 5th generation radar features akin to those of the F-22 and…