Super Hornet radar not ready for combat, evaluation says

NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - An operational evaluation of the Super Hornet's new radar says it is "not effective and not suitable for combat operations," but it praised the design as a "quantum leap" in air-to-air capability. Navy officials say it will be fine-tuned for war in time for the first...

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