Demanding, instantaneous, and persistent are words which describe today’s dangerous aerial combat environment. The F-16IN’s APG-80 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar tames this environment with mode-interleaved, operationally-proven AESA performance, supported by unmatched dependability. In over five years of operational use, no APG-80 AESA has ever failed in the field. Pilots who have flown the APG-80 in the unique F-16 Block 60 don’t want to fly again with any other F-16 fire control radar, and know that they can count on APG-80 day after day.

APG-80 is unique to the F-16IN and F-16 Block 60, and meets or exceeds MMRCA reliability requirements. APG-80 provides twice the air-to-air detection range of other F-16 radars, and is more than twice as reliable. The well-established APG-80 has not only been put through its combat paces, but its sheer dependability has proven to be a boon to those who maintain and sustain it. During its development, for example, Northrop Grumman created APG-80 with high performance threshold requirements. Since fielding, APG-80 has always met these design criteria.

Northrop Grumman’s long experience with producing AESAs–APG-80 is built in the same factory, with the same processes as the USAF F-22 APG-77 and F-35 APG-81 AESAs—provides the F-16IN and the Indian Air Force a superior product that is available now. Others who are only in the testing phase of AESA development will need many more years to achieve the performance and dependability that APG-80 demonstrates today.

Northrop Grumman’s legacy mechanically-scanned radars won many USAF and international awards for dependability. Because of Northrop Grumman’s 35-year wealth of electronically-scanned radar experience, APG-80 reached its designed reliability goal in record time. The APG-80 AESA continues to improve on this goal, operating daily in hot, humid climates.