Raytheon’s new radar is ready for first orders
Raytheon’s RACR low-cost AESA upgrade radar for tactical aircraft is now ready for installation in the F-16 Fighting Falcon and awaiting its first order.

Raytheon’s RACR low-cost AESA upgrade radar for tactical aircraft is now ready for installation in the F-16 Fighting Falcon and awaiting its first order. The sensor draws on the technology used in Raytheon’s latest fighter radars, the APG-63 AESA versions in the F-15 Eagle and APG-79 in newer F/A-18E/F Super Hornets.

RACR is a scaleable radar primarily aimed at new-build or upgraded F-16s, but is also applicable to other combat aircraft such as “legacy” F/A-18 models. The radar has been developed to use existing power and cooling supplies, and to be installed without any major airframe modifications. F-16 integration testing began at Lockheed Martin’s system integration laboratory at Fort Worth last November.

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