December 6, 2005 at 6:00 am
FA18 Super Hornet Radar Delivers Multiple JDAMs On Target
El Segundo CA: The revolutionary APG-79 AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar developed by Raytheon Company’s Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) has scored another first.
The system successfully delivered multiple JDAMs (Joint Direct Attack Munition) using real-time targeting coordinates derived from a high resolution SAR (synthetic aperture radar) image during recent testing at the U.S. Navy’s China Lake facility.