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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Navy Begins Operational Evaluation of Revolutionary Raytheon AESA Radar

Raytheon Company's ground-breaking APG-79 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet has been cleared to enter the U.S. Navy's operational evaluation (OPEVAL) program.

"This powerhouse of a program remains solidly on track to meet our commitment to the customer," Erv Grau, vice president for the Air Combat Avionics Group of Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, said. "The radar continues to deliver high performance and solid reliability that will truly provide aircrews a new transformational capability in the fleet. We're excited about the beginning of operational evaluation and very confident the system will exceed the rigorous expectations of our customer."


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