Change In Acquisition Strategy Could Set F-16 Radar Upgrade Back One Year

By Courtney Albon / September 15, 2015 at 2:30 PM
A change in acquisition strategy for an F-16 radar upgrade could set the Air Force back as much as one year in its plans to modernize a narrow set of Air National Guard aircraft, according to the head of Air Combat Command. Gen. Herbert Carlisle told reporters that because of congressional pushback on its plans to sole-source the upgrade, the service will not be able to field the new, advanced electronically scanned array radar as quickly as it had hoped...

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