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Monday, April 06, 2009

Raytheon moves ahead with retrofitting Navy fighter jets with AESA airborne radar

AN/APG-79U.S. Navy officials are awarding radar technology firm Raytheon Co. a $54.5 million contract to provide airborne radar systems for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet jet fighter under terms of a contract announced Thursday.

The contract, from Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., is to provide 19 AN/APG-79 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems for Super Hornet fighter bombers lots 26 to 29.

The AESA radar can interleave surveillance radar and ground-attack radar capabilities to enable Super Hornet aircrews to use these different radar systems simultaneously to enhance the aircraft's lethality and reduce its vulnerability.

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