USNTPS’s C-26 getting Vixen 500E AESA radar

The United States Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) has contracted Leonardo-Finmeccanica to install the Vixen 500E AESA radar on school’s C-26 aircraft.

US Navy 100329-N-7364R-048 Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handler Airman Rickeisha Ridout, assigned to the Air Operations Department's
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Felicito Rustique [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The radar will be delivered for installation mid-2016 and is expected to go into service in the fall.