A Massachusetts-based company is set to equip its powerful radar on the U.S. Air Force’s autonomous fighter jets. Raytheon has received a contract to equip the autonomous X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA) with a PhantomStrike radar.
Raytheon claims that the PhantomStrike is a first-of-its-kind, air-cooled and compact fire-control radar that is smaller, lighter and requires less power than modern AESA radars.
Designed for a wide range of platforms
It’s designed for a wide range of platforms, including uncrewed aerial vehicles, light-attack aircraft, and rotary-wing aircraft.
PhantomStrike will be equipped in VISTA, a modified F-16D Block 30 test aircraft upgraded with Block 40 avionics, a hybrid used as a test bed integrated with machine learning and…
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