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 Air Force wants more companies able to produce its new, multi-use, anti-radar missile that one expert says will prove vital in any future peer conflict and would be in high demand for the war in Iran if stocks were available now.