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RTX's Raytheon completes first PhantomStrike flight test

RTX's Raytheon has successfully completed the first flight test of its PhantomStrike radar on its Multi-Program Testbed aircraft.

Above: Raytheon has successfully completed the first flight test of its PhantomStrike radar on its Multi-Program Testbed aircraft.
Courtesy RTX

The flight test of PhantomStrike in Ontario, California, successfully tracked several airborne targets and accurately mapped the terrain.

PhantomStrike is a first-of-its-kind fully air-cooled, fire-control radar that's designed to provide long-range threat detection, tracking and targeting. At nearly half the cost of a typical fire control radar, it delivers superior radar capability due to its faster, more agile digital beam, advanced target detection and resistance to jamming.

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Bryan Rosselli, president of Advanced Products and Solutions at Raytheon said: "The threat environment is evolving, and this test demonstrates how PhantomStrike can make enhanced situational awareness available to a broader set of our partners and allies – offering unparalleled performance and potential US weapons integration – at an affordable price.

"This next-generation radar dramatically changes how we identify and respond to threats."

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PhantomStrike is a gallium nitride (GaN) powered radar that enables aircrew to see farther. It is designed for a range of platforms, including uncrewed and light-attack aircraft, fighter jets, helicopters and ground-based towers. It harnesses the fire control power of a fighter in its lightest form factor ever – weighing nearly half of a modern active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.

Production of the radars takes place in Forest, Mississippi, Tucson, Arizona and Scotland, with support from Raytheon UK.

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