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"Farnborough International Air Show": Super Hornet aircraft receive new AESA radar

London, United Kingdom - This upgrade will improve both the Super Hornets and the aging Hornets

Boeing continues to make announcements at the "Farnborough International Air Show". In particular, Airbus Military declared it is going to upgrade almost the entire fleet of F/A-18E/F Block 2 Super Hornet aircraft. The upgrade includes the new Raytheon AN/APG-79 active electronically scanned array radar (AESA). This is expected to generate a surplus of older APG-73 radars which will be available to...

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Rome, Italy, 07/10/2012 16:37
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