Northrop Grumman Conducts Successful First Flight of New Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR)

Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully conducted the first demonstration flight of the company's newest Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) fighter sensor, the Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR).

SABR is being developed as a significant avionics enhancement for the existing fleet of F-16s and other fighter aircraft worldwide.

"This first flight marks a major milestone in our effort to develop an AESA radar designed specifically to meet current F-16 power, cooling, and interface requirements," said Arlene Camp, director of Advanced F-16 Radar Programs at Northrop Grumman.

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