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JSF: first flight tests for the AN/APG-81 radar

Washington, USA – Tested on a different platform, it will be installed on the F-35 prototype destined to the maiden flight soon

Northrop Grumman successfully performed the first flight tests of the radar system devoted to the Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) stealth multirole light fighter. The AN/APG-81 electronically scanned array radar, tested on a BAC-1-11 platform, will be deployed by the aircraft both on an air-to-air and an air-to-surface profiles and will be tested soon on the first prototype destined...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 126668
Rome, Italy, 09/12/2005 14:36
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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