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Air Force

Flight Tests Commence of New Radar Arrays For B-2A Stealth Bomber

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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

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By Michael Sirak The Air Force and its industry partners have begun flights with a test version of the new radar arrays under development for the B-2A stealth bomber aircraft, Northrop Grumman [NOC], the prime contractor for the platform's upgrades, said on Monday. The company said it, together with Raytheon [RTN], supplier of the modern radar antennas, has completed the installation, integration and initial flight testing of the first developmental test units (DTU) on the B-2A test aircraft, which is…

Congress

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Army

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