Boeing has selected Raytheon’s active electronically scanned array radar to upgrade USAF’s F-15E Strike Eagles. The service already is upgrading F-15C models with Raytheon’s AESA radar. A company release states that the E model program would start in 2008 and “run parallel” with the C model upgrade to active duty and Air National Guard fighters. According to Jon Jones, president of Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, the AESA upgrade would extend operational capability for the E model through 2035. He said, “We’re confident this revolutionary radar will perform well beyond expectations.”
The Air Force has selected Collins Aerospace and Shield AI to develop the software Collaborative Combat Aircraft will use to fly missions alongside manned fighters, the service revealed Feb. 12—and drone-maker General Atomics was quick to announce it has already flown its YFQ-42A aircraft with Collins’ system.
