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Viper Shield Has First Flight on F-16 at Edwards AFB

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, February 4th, 2025

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Viper Shield Has First Flight on F-16 at Edwards AFB

L3Harris Technologies' Viper Shield had its first flight aboard a Royal Bahraini Air Force F-16C at Edwards AFB, Calif. (Lockheed Martin Photo)

The L3Harris Technologies [LHX] AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield all-digital electronic warfare suite recently had its first flight on a Royal Bahraini Air Force Block 70 F-16C assigned to the U.S. Air Force's 412th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, Calif. The wing is testing that aircraft as part of the foreign military sales process for Bahrain/Royal Bahraini Air Force (Defense Daily, March 3, 2024). In June 2018, the U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.1 billion FMS contract to build 16…

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