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Operational Assessment Testing of IVEWS on F-16 Completed, Northrop Grumman Says

Operational Assessment Testing of IVEWS on F-16 Completed, Northrop Grumman Says
Pictured is an F-16 with the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron after a first flight test of the Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) from Eglin AFB, Fla. last September (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said that it has completed operational assessment testing of the company's ultra-wideband architecture AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) for U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters. The company's Rolling Meadows, Ill., site said that the company had "successfully completed Operational Assessment flight testing" on two Block 50 F-16s at Eglin AFB, Fla., and Nellis AFB, Nev. The more than 70 sorties showed IVEWS' "effectiveness against advanced radar-guided threats" and provide "an option for the Air Force to…

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