Aircraft
U.S. Air Force Orders AESA Radar for F-16s
Northrop Grumman’s AESA radar is in full production for export customers looking to upgrade their F-16s or buy new ones.
Northrop Grumman technicians install an APG-83 SABR radar in an F-16 trials aircraft at Edwards AFB. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)
Northrop Grumman technicians install an APG-83 SABR radar in an F-16 trials aircraft at Edwards AFB. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

Northrop Grumman received an order on February 28 for its APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR). The deal covers 15 examples of the radar for engineering, manufacturing, and development, and the first 90 production units. The U.S. Air Force announced on June 17, 2017, that it had selected the APG-83 to upgrade 72 F-16s to meet a Joint Emergent Operational Need raised by U.S. Northern Command for homeland defense.