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USAF to Equip F-16 Fighters with New EW Suite

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, March 16th, 2022

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USAF to Equip F-16 Fighters with New EW Suite

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 480th Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, taxis at Łask Air Base, Poland on January 4 during an Agile Combat Employment exercise (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force plans to equip its Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 fighters with a new electronic warfare (EW) suite, as system production and fielding begin in 2024. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) said this week that the command's Fighters and Advanced Aircraft Directorate issued an unpriced change order (UCO) on March 10 to Northrop Grumman [NOC] for the F-16 AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) and plans to award a multi-million dollar contract modification later this year for…

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