Military Prepares to Accept F-35s Without Radars

The first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with ballast, rather than an advanced radar in its nose, flew an acceptance flight the last week of February, Air & Space Forces Magazine has learned. F-35s will arrive without radars at Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps bases for next several months and possibly into next year, until radar maker Northrop Grumman completes work on the next-generation AN/APG-85, an active electronically scanned array, or AESA, radar, which replaces the AN/APG-81 radar in future F-35s. The post Military Prepares to Accept F-35s Without Radars appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.