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U.S. Air Force and Industry Pass L3Harris F-16 EW System in Critical Design Review

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U.S. Air Force and Industry Pass L3Harris F-16 EW System in Critical Design Review
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jackie Zheng, left, avionics specialist, 113th Wing, District of Columbia National Guard (DCNG), briefs Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, right, director, Air National Guard, on the radar being replaced by the Northrop Grumman SABR Active Electronically Scanned Array radar now equipped on F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the DCNG on Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on June 9, 2022 (U.S. Air National Guard Photo)

The U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin [LMT], and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] held a critical design review (CDR) last month for the L3Harris AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield electronic warfare system for foreign military sales (FMS) of the Block 70/72 F-16 fighter. The Air Force said that Viper Shield passed the CDR. Viper Shield, which is to provide offensive and defensive EW through multiple digital radio frequency, memory-bassed jamming, "is the highest-performance, lowest-risk EW option for F-16 Vipers in an increasingly dangerous world,”…

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