Boeing has selected Raytheon’s active electronically scanned array radar to upgrade USAF’s F-15E Strike Eagles. The service already is upgrading F-15C models with Raytheon’s AESA radar. A company release states that the E model program would start in 2008 and “run parallel” with the C model upgrade to active duty and Air National Guard fighters. According to Jon Jones, president of Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, the AESA upgrade would extend operational capability for the E model through 2035. He said, “We’re confident this revolutionary radar will perform well beyond expectations.”
B-21 Temporary Shelters Could Also Shelter B-2s
March 5, 2021
The Air Force's experimental runway shelter for the new B-21 bomber is large enough to cover it or the B-2, and therefore reveals no information about the dimensions of the new aircraft. Two such shelters will be evaluated, but the maker of the second version hasn't been chosen yet.