Navy, upgrading F/A-18s for precision strike, plans FLIR flyoff

The U.S. Navy, upgrading its F/A-18s to more precisely put bombs on target, plans a 1997 flyoff to select a new and more capable forward looking infrared (FLIR) system. The upgrade "isn't a new start program," said Capt. Joe Dyer, Naval Air System Command's F/A-18 program manager. "It is continuing...

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