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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Raytheon Receives Contract to Produce Additional APG-79 AESA Radars

AN/APG-79Raytheon Company has received a contract from Boeing for the second procurement in the four-year Multi-Year III program to produce and deliver APG-79 active electronically scanned array radars for F/A-18 Super Hornet tactical aircraft.

The APG-79 AESA radar hardware has 10-15 times greater reliability compared to mechanically scanned array radars.

This reliability and easy maintainability makes AESA radars more affordable over the service life of the unit.

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