JSF radar drops excess weight, takes first flight

Northrop Grumman has shed almost all of the excess weight it has been aiming to remove from the fire-control radar it is developing for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, company program officials said Sept. 8. At one point, the radar system was about 25 pounds over its 244-pound goal. But thanks to...

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