Aircraft
Raytheon Breaks Into F-16 Radar Upgrade Market
Korea has chosen the company's advanced combat radar, in preference to the one offered by incumbent Northrop Grumman
Raytheon has scored a notable success in Korea, where its AESA radar will replace older Northrop Grumman fire control units in that country’s 134 F-16s. (Photo: Raytheon)
Raytheon has scored a notable success in Korea, where its AESA radar will replace older Northrop Grumman fire control units in that country’s 134 F-16s. (Photo: Raytheon)

The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) has chosen the Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar (RACR) for its pending upgrade of 134 F-16C/Ds, for delivery beginning in late 2016. The Koreans are the first to choose between the RACR and the rival Scaleable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) from Northrop Grumman, which previously supplied all radars for F-16s. At least another 500 F-16s belonging to Singapore, Taiwan and the U.S. Air Force could be upgraded with advanced electronically scanned array (AESA) radars such as the RACR and the SABR.