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USAF Ospreys To Receive Silent Knight Radar

The Air Force's CV-22 Osprey is the latest type to receive Raytheon's Silent Knight radar, which adds several new features.

The Silent Knight radar will improve the CV-22's ability to operate at night and in all weather conditions. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

February 19, 2019

The U.S. Naval Air System Command’s (NAVAIR's) V-22 Joint Program Office (PMA275), which manages the Osprey program for all the U.S. services, has contracted Raytheon to integrate its next-generation multi-mode K-band AN/APQ-187 Silent Knight Radar (SKR) onto the Air Force's 52 Bell-Boeing CV-22B Osprey tiltrotors. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) uses these aircraft for special forces support, clandestine personnel insertion and extraction, combat search and rescue, and tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel missions. These duties require the aircraft to be able to penetrate enemy airspace at low level in any weather conditions, using terrain-following radar to allow flight as low as 100 feet, and with a sophisticated navigation system, including a digital color moving map, three INS systems, and GPS, allowing the crew to navigate even in complete darkness.

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