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The U.S. Air Force has down-selected Northrop Grumman to complete the final project efforts to provide the electronic warfare suite for its F-16 fighter aircraft fleet.
This electronic warfare suite will protect pilots from the growing danger of radio frequency-guided weapons by detecting, identifying and defeating advanced threat systems.
The system provides full-spectrum radar warning, threat identification and advanced countermeasure capabilities. It also has proven pulse-to-pulse operability with the F-16’s newly acquired AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR), also built by Northrop Grumman.
The electronic warfare suite will significantly increase protection to F-16 operators as they execute their missions in increasingly contested environments,” said Ryan Tintner, vice president, navigation, targeting and survivability, Northrop Grumman. “This system draws on the best of our experience from multiple programs to create an effective and affordable