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Air Force

South Korea Opens F-16 Radar Competition; U.S. Firms Bidding

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

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South Korea has opened a competition to supply Airborne Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars to its fleet of 134 F-16s, and Raytheon [RTN] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] are lined up to bid for the contract. Raytheon is competing with the Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar (RACN) system, while Northrop Grumman is using its Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) for a contract that could usher in business to other countries like Taiwan. The South Korean Defense Ministry issued the Request For Proposals…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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