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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

AESA enters full-rate production

Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.usThe U.S. Navy’s next-generation aircraft radar system was approved for full-rate production June 25.

Following extensive review by the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition), PMA-265 was granted authorization to enter into Full Rate Production for 437 next-generation APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars.

“Super Hornet Block II and EA-18G aircraft equipped with AESA’s revolutionary war fighting capability makes Naval Aviation more relevant than ever in our history to the joint combatant commander. Our Super Hornets and Growlers - with cutting edge radar technology, precise and networked enabled weapons in combination with joint interoperable and open architectures - increases the combat effectiveness of all those operating in the battle space,” said Capt. “BD” Gaddis, PMA-265 Program Manager.

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