{"id":189837,"date":"2010-02-07T22:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T03:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2010\/02\/07\/aesa-radar-enters-flight-test-on-f-16\/"},"modified":"2010-02-07T22:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T03:40:00","slug":"aesa-radar-enters-flight-test-on-f-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2010\/02\/07\/aesa-radar-enters-flight-test-on-f-16\/","title":{"rendered":"AESA Radar Enters Flight Test on F-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img714.imageshack.us\/img714\/3686\/scalableagilebeamradars.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" \/>Northrop Grumman is now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defencetalk.com\/sabr-radar-on-air-force-f-16-23857\/\">flying its Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) on a USAF F-16<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The interesting question here is how much this will influence current F-16 operators who are currently considering purchasing the F-35.<\/p>\n<p>I think that it is likely that the capabilities of an avionics suite installed on an F-16 can come close to that installed in a JSF:  Even with an advanced sensor suite, it&#8217;s clear that the F-16 will be less than \u00bd the price, and less than \u00bd the direct operating costs.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, any avionics package is far more open to the development of national systems and upgrades, and the ability to operate 2-3 times as many aircraft, particularly if the nation expects to operate largely in coalition action or counter-insurgency scenarios, might very well deliver superior results on the battlefield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northrop Grumman is now flying its Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) on a USAF F-16. The interesting question here is how much this will influence current F-16 operators who are currently considering purchasing the F-35. I think that it is likely that the capabilities of an avionics suite installed on an F-16 can come close &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1007,1008,1025],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation","category-defense-procurement","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}