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Selex Galileo Improves Grifo Radar for New Applications
The Grifo radar is a good fit for advanced trainers and light combat aircraft, according to Selex Galileo. (Photo: Selex Galileo)
The Grifo radar is a good fit for advanced trainers and light combat aircraft, according to Selex Galileo. (Photo: Selex Galileo)

Selex Galileo has added new modes to the long-selling Grifo fire control radar and has also designed a pod-mounted version. Angelo Aprile, the company’s head of capability in Italy, told the Military Flight Training conference in London organized by Defence IQ that more than 450 “advanced but affordable” Grifo systems have been sold worldwide. Applications include the F-5E/F, Mirage III, L-159, F-7 (Chinese-built MiG-21bis) and Sikorsky HH-60 helicopter. The most recent announced sale was last year–a second order by the Brazilian air force for its F-5 fleet.