Author: Jane Edwards|| Date Published: January 12, 2023
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has begun development work on an active electronically scanned array radar for the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft.
Northrop said Wednesday the AN/APG-85 AESA system is a multifunction sensor that will be compatible with all F-35 variants designed to provide warfighters situational awareness and the capability to counter and defeat existing and projected aerial and surface threats.
In addition to AN/APG-85, the company makes the AN/APG-81 AESA fire control radar for the F-35 jet as well as the center fuselage and wing skins, avionics, sensor systems, mission-planning software, electronic warfare simulation test capability, pilot and maintainer training systems courseware and low-observable technologies.
The War Zone reported that the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps are working together to integrate the new advanced radar into the F-35 aircraft.
The F-35 Joint Program Office told the publication that the AN/APG-85 radar will be installed on all F-35A, F-35B and F-35C variants that are part of the Block 4 modernization program.
On Jan. 6, the Air Force flew for the first time an F-35 aircraft in the Technology Refresh 3 configuration, which serves as an update to the fighter jet’s computational core to support Block 4 capabilities.
Kris Levin-Snow, area vice president within AT&T‘s national security group, will now oversee the company’s defense industrial base portfolio in addition…
Rocket Lab has signed a definitive agreement to acquire California-based Motiv Space Systems, adding space robotics and precision spacecraft mechanism…
Sonny Bhagowalia, assistant commissioner for information and technology and chief information officer at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has received…
NextPoint Group expands intelligence-focused capabilities with UScontracting acquisition by adding expertise in cybersecurity, signals intelligence and data analysis for national…
