BAE Systems has “successfully completed” the first phase of developmental flight-testing on the F-22A’s digital electronic warfare system. Future production F-22s will get the new EW system, which provide newer technology that offers “cost, power, and weight savings,” say company officials.
F-35As from the Vermont Air National Guard have deployed to Puerto Rico in recent days, continuing a major buildup of U.S. Air Force assets in Latin America aimed at combating drug trafficking and pressuring the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
