Manticore
RETIRED MOD
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2009
- Messages
- 10,115
- Reaction score
- 114
- Country
- Location
The $40 million spending was authorized under the FY 2016 omnibus budget.
Included in the year-end spending bill is $40 million is appropriated for active electronically scanned array radar (AESA) systems to replace the existing 1970s technology. The new radar system will help to better detect the evolving threat picture, identify new potential threats that current technology cannot, and allow greater capabilities to the Air National Guard F-16 fleet for national security efforts. F-16 aircraft that perform the Aerospace Control Alert (ACA) mission are slated to receive the upgrades.
LoBiondo had secured language in the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that authorized the AESA radar upgrades. The NDAA was signed into law by President Obama in November.
Also included in the bill is $10.2 million in federal funding for the 177th Fighter Wing’s new Fuel Cell & Corrosion Hangar facility that will replace the two current inadequate buildings in a combined structure. The new facility would increase production capability while providing the ability to handle 5th generation F-16s. LoBiondo previously announced the funding in May when it first passed the House.
LoBiondo Applauds House Passage of Funding for Critical Radar Updates for F-16s at 177th Fighter Wing | Congressman Frank LoBiondo
Alert 5 » 177th Fighter Wing’s F-16s getting AESA radars - Military Aviation News
