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Northrop Grumman to Finish F-16 EW Suite Under OTA Agreement

Frank Wolfe

Monday, January 11th, 2021

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Northrop Grumman to Finish F-16 EW Suite Under OTA Agreement

The Lockheed Martin F-16V (Lockheed Martin Photo)

The U.S. Air Force has chosen Northrop Grumman [NOC] to finish an electronic warfare (EW) suite for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 fighter fleet under an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement for prototyping, the company said Jan. 11. The service issued the agreement under the New Hampshire-based System of Systems Consortium's (SOSSEC) Air Force Open System Acquisition Initiative (OSAI). "This critical capability will protect pilots from the growing danger of radio frequency-guided weapons by detecting, identifying and defeating advanced threat…

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