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Preliminary Design Review for B-52 Radar Modernization Set for Next Month

Preliminary Design Review for B-52 Radar Modernization Set for Next Month
B-52H Stratofortress navigator and radar-navigators workstation inside the 76th Software Maintenance Group's test lab at Tinker AFB, Okla. on May 29, 2018. The B-52 Radar Modernization Program is to permit ready hardware upgrades through software updates (Air Force Photo)

Next month is the scheduled preliminary design review (PDR) for Boeing's [BA] B-52 radar modernization program (RMP), which is to feature a new, wide-band radome by L3Harris [LHX] on the aircraft's nose; two L3Harris 8 x 20 inch high definition displays for the radar navigator and the navigator; two new, hand controllers by California-based Mason Controls; new display sensor system processors by L3Harris to interface between the radar and other B-52 systems; and a new, active electronically scanned array (AESA)…

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