In the US, a shots of an airplane appeared with an unusual appearance. Designers crossed the noveline F-16 fighter with Bombardier CRJ-700 business jet for testing a new radar. About it reports The Drive.
The plane is a flying laboratory for testing equipment tactical aircraft. This led to the unusual form of the front of the CRJ-700. The plane received a nasal fairing F-16 fighter with a new radar station (radar) AN / APG-83 SABR.
The purpose of the test was to check the compatibility of the new radar with the NGEW radio electronic combat system. Vice President Northrop Grumman James Conrey stressed that the tests showed the full compatibility of two complexes. Since 2022, the F-16 US Air Force will receive a new Rab system.
Operation of multifunctional F-16 fighters began in 1974. The release of modern aircraft modifications continues, which made F-16 one of the most common combat aircraft in the world. More than four thousand cars have been released.
previously it became known that the US Air Force consider plans to reduce the number of operated platforms. As part of the prepared changes, F-16 can get a new modification.