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Navy/USMC

Navy’s F-5 ARTEMIS Modernization Program Achieves Milestone C, Moving To Production

Friday, July 15th, 2022

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Navy’s F-5 ARTEMIS Modernization Program Achieves Milestone C, Moving To Production

An F-5N Tiger II tactical fighter and attack aircraft used for adversary training by the Navy and Marine Corps. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy reached a Milestone C decision last month on the program to reconfigure and modernize F-5 aircraft it bought from Switzerland to be used for adversary training, meaning it will next move to production and deployment. The service’s Specialized and Proven Aircraft program office (PMA-226) F-5N+/F+ Avionics Reconfiguration and Tactical Enhancement/Modernization for Inventory Standardization (ARTEMIS) program seeks to convert and modernize 22 Northrop Grumman [NOC] F-5 aircraft the Navy bought from the Swiss Air Force to be used in…

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