MilitaryAir Force Plans $1.7 Billion Retrofit Of APG-85 Radar On 181 F-35As In Lot 17 And Prior The Air Force’s fiscal 2027 future years defense plan (FYDP) contains more than $1.7 billion to retrofit 181 Lockheed Martin F-35As in Lot 17 and prior with the future Northrop Grumman AN/APG-85…
MilitaryAPG-85 Fielding May Come 9 Months Early, Estimated Unit Cost Of $8.8 Million The Air Force now expects to receive the first Northrop Grumman APG-85 radar for the F-35A fighter by Lockheed Martin in April 2028–nine months earlier than previously scheduled, according to the service’s fiscal 2027 procurement…
MilitaryAir Force Acquisition Official: ‘APG-85 Is A Helluva Radar Unless You Don’t Have One’ AURORA, Colo.–While it may take two years to field, a dual-mount bulkhead in the nose of the Lockheed Martin F-35 to accommodate both the AN/APG-81 radar or the twice as powerful AN/APG-85, both by…
MilitaryCurrent F-35 Configuration Complicates Fielding Of APG-85 Radar Radar mountings in the nose of the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter are different for the current AN/APG-81 by Northrop Grumman and the future AN/APG-85 radar, also by Northrop Grumman–a difference which has helped complicate fielding…
Global Aviation Round-Up from Aircraft Value IntelligenceFlying Blind: How America’s Broken ATC Backbone Is Rewriting the Rules for Avionics and Aircraft Value Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) The decision by the federal government to replace more than 600 aging radar systems across the United States is being framed as a long…
MilitaryEmbraer Nears Completion of New Surveillance and Early Air Warning Radar Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer recently completed development and has begun technical validation of the SABER M200 Vigilante radar. The radar system will soon be operated by various agencies within the Brazilian government,…
Air TaxiAgility Prime to Study the Use of Radar Developed for Cars in eVTOLs The U.S. Air Force awarded a contract to study a radar sensing solution, the SPEKTRA radar, used by the automotive industry to see if it can be modified for electric vertical take-off…
IIOTNo Clear Answers on How to Effectively Detect, Mitigate Drone Threats Successful defense against drone threats in commercial and military environments will require solving numerous challenges, according to experts speaking during a discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council — and there are no…
MilitaryUS Air Force Scoping Market Availability for New F-15 Radar Sources The Air Force’s F-15 program office is considering awarding a new contract to produce, modernize and sustain the APG-82 radar system and any future variants, according to a recent solicitation. A “Sources…
Air TaxiIris to Test Commercial Drone Sense and Avoid System in BVLOS First Iris Automation, a Silicon Valley-based startup, has been working on an onboard collision avoidance system that — for the first time — will power an FAA-sanctioned flight beyond an operator’s visual line…
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