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.
The Pentagon is significantly bolstering airpower near Venezuela, dispatching the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to Latin America, it said in an Oct. 24 statement. The announcement came just hours after U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers and other U.S. assets flew near the Venezuelan coast on Oct. 23.
