The Marine Corps, which is the sole remaining operator of the classic Hornet in active U.S. military service, hopes to replace the mechanically-scanned Raytheon AN/AGP-73 radar with a new AESA radar.

Northrop Grumman has performed a fit check of its new AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) on a Boeing F/A-18C Hornet strike fighter at the request of the U.S. Marine Corps on Aug.2. The U.S.

The Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) combines five U.S. Marine Corps legacy radars into one, offering enhanced capabilities and reduced operation and maintenance costs to the Corps. The system ...