BAE Begins E-Scan Radar Test Flights

FARNBOROUGH—BAE Systems has begun flight tests of a Eurofighter Typhoon fitted with the Captor-E active electronically-scanned array (AESA), or so-called “e-scan” radar. The flight trials, the first of which took place July 8, come almost two years after Instrumented Production Aircraft 5 (IPA5)...

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