
Rep. Robert Wittman (R-Va.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's tactical air and land forces panel, said on Wednesday that he has met with Northrop Grumman [NOC] to discuss the need to reduce test time for the company's new AN/APG-85 Active Electronically Scanned Array radar for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter. More than a year ago, Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Moore, the service’s deputy chief of staff for plans and programs, said that “we are getting…