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Raytheon Says It Has Won South Korea’s F-16 Radar Modification Competition

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

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Raytheon [RTN] said yesterday it won South Korea’s competition to upgrade its F-16 radars. Northrop Grumman [NOC] had also been vying for the program. Raytheon will upgrade South Korea’s KF-16C/D Block 52 Fighting Falcon fleet with its advanced electronically scanned array (AESA) Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar (RACR), according to a company statement. Raytheon Vice President of International Strategy and Business Development for Space and Airborne Systems Jim Hvizd said yesterday during a conference call the company will upgrade 134 jets.…

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