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Air Force Installs Northrop Radar Tech on Air National Guard F-16s

Air Force Installs Northrop Radar Tech on Air National Guard F-16s - top government contractors - best government contracting event
Air Force Installs Northrop Radar Tech on Air National Guard F-16s - top government contractors - best government contracting event

The U.S. Air Force has equipped Air National Guard F-16s with Northrop Grumman-built radars in a move to address a homeland defense requirement.

Select F-16s at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland feature the AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar system that the service branch procured to meet a "joint emergent operational need" identified by U.S. Northern Command, Northrop said Thursday.

The initial installation is a step toward achieving initial operational capability status for the SABR program. Last month, the company received a $1B modification under a U.S. Air Force contract to build up to 372 radars.

Mark Rossi, director of SABR programs at Northrop, said the active electronically scanned array technology provides targeting and fire control capacities to the ANG's F-16 aircraft.

APG-83, which is built upon F-22 and F-35 AESA radars, also employs synthetic aperture radar mapping for fighter pilots to obtain a larger view of surface when they perform target identification and strike missions.

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Written by Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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