Evaluation of New Super Hornet Radar Notes Problems

Credit: USN LT. SCOTT TIMMESTER
The next-generation radar for the U.S. Navy's F/A-18F Super Hornets is not yet ready for combat, says a newly completed operational evaluation. But a key Navy official says it will be fine-tuned for war in time for the first operational deployment in 2008. Despite the "not effective and not suitable...

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