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As USAF Looks to Future Requirements for CCA Radars, Raytheon Announces First Flight of PhantomStrike

Frank Wolfe

Monday, May 19th, 2025

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As USAF Looks to Future Requirements for CCA Radars, Raytheon Announces First Flight of PhantomStrike

Pictured is the Raytheon avionics testbed aircraft, known as "Voodoo One." (Raytheon Photo)

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,…

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