SABR AESA Radar Image Credit:Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman has successfully concluded all engineering and manufacturing development (...
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The SABR is offered as a direct replacement for legacy F-16 radars and includes fifth-generation radar capabilities, the largest synthetic aperture radar map available for the F-16 and robust electronic protection. SABR was competitively selected by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. and Taiwan Air Force F-16 upgrade programs.
The unique design allows for ease of retrofit, without aircraft structural modifications or changes to the existing power and cooling provisions in the F-16.
The software critical design review, the final review in the series, validated the radar's common software block for the U.S. and Taiwanese Air Forces, as well as radar modes exclusive to Taiwan.
Northrop Grumman is on track to deliver the first EMD radar hardware and software by year's end, which will be identical to the production radars.
Other AESA fire control radars developed by the Northrop are currently flying on the F-16 Block 60, F-22 and F-35 Lightning II aircraft.
Source: Northrop Grumman
