USAF orders 72 AESA radars for its F-16s

The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has awarded a $243.9 million contract to Northrop Grumman for 72 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars.

F-16 Radar Installation. July 23, 2015. Photographer: Bobbi Zapka
U.S. Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka

Eight radars will be retrofitted to F-16s assigned to the Oklahoma Air National Guard at Tulsa.