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Wittman Says Met with Northrop Grumman to Discuss Need to Reduce APG-85 Test Time

Wittman Says Met with Northrop Grumman to Discuss Need to Reduce APG-85 Test Time
A pilot from the 34th Fighter Squadron conducts pre-flight preparations in the cockpit of an F-35A Lighting II on the tarmac at Santa Maria Airport, Calif., during the Bamboo Eagle 24-3 exercise last month (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Rep. Robert Wittman (R-Va.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's tactical air and land forces panel, said on Wednesday that he has met with Northrop Grumman [NOC] to discuss the need to reduce test time for the company's new AN/APG-85 Active Electronically Scanned Array radar for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter. More than a year ago, Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Moore, the service’s deputy chief of staff for plans and programs, said that “we are getting…

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