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Air Force’s New F-15 Self-Defense System Nears Flight Tests

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, May 29th, 2018

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Air Force’s New F-15 Self-Defense System Nears Flight Tests

Boeing's F-15. Photo: Boeing.

The Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS), which is intended to improve the ability of U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jets to detect and counter air and ground threats, is on track to begin flight tests in the fourth quarter of this year, according to EPAWSS prime contractor Boeing [BA].Developmental testing will occur through the second quarter of 2020 and be followed by an independent operational test and evaluation phase that will last about a year, Boeing said in written…

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