
RTX's [RTX] Raytheon said this month that its PhantomStrike radar had a first flight test on the Raytheon Multi-Program Testbed (MPT) aircraft in Ontario, Calif. The MPT--known as "Voodoo One" for its call sign--is a converted Boeing [BA] 727 airliner that Raytheon uses for avionics testing. PhantomStrike--an air-cooled, gallium nitride-powered fire control radar for long-range detection, tracking, and targeting--"tracked several airborne targets and accurately mapped the terrain," Raytheon said. "At nearly half the cost of a typical fire control radar,…