USAF Starts Testing New Radar On CV-22 Fleet

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Credit: Airman 1st Class Keifer Bowes/U.S. AIr Force
A powerful new terrain following and avoidance radar for the Bell Boeing CV-22 has entered flight testing at Eglin AFB, Florida, the service announced on July 15. The initial flight test on June 23 of the APQ-187 Silent Knight radar focused on how the new radar operated within the tiltrotor aircraft...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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