
The State Department has approved a $4.5 billion deal with Japan to upgrade up to 98 of the country’s F-15J aircraft to the Japanese Super Interceptor (JSI) configuration. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on Tuesday of the Foreign Military Sale. Upgrading the F-15J fleet to the new JSI configuration would include the sale of 103 APG-82(v)1 Active Electronically Scanned Array radars, 116 Advanced Display Core Processor II mission system computers and 101 ALQ-239 Digital Electronic Warfare Systems. “This…