It is not clear when NAVAIR will make a decision on which radar it will select for the Marine Corps’ Hornet fleet, but the Department of the Navy does have a set timeline for fielding the new upgrade.
Modern military radar systems can do so much more than their forebears, with this particular unit combining multiple critical tasks into one mobile package.
A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet has flown with a pre-production version of the Raytheon APG-79(V)4 radar, the company said May 10. The flight of the active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar ...
The Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) combines five U.S. Marine Corps legacy radars into one, offering enhanced capabilities and reduced operation and maintenance costs to the Corps. The system ...