Active Electronically Scanned Array, or AESA, radars give fighter pilots the edge – finding targets first, identifying them and defeating them. And now outfitted with GaN – Raytheon Intelligence & Space’s AESA radars provide aircrews with greater engagement ranges, improved accuracy and increased reliability. Our AESA technology ensure mission success.

Pilots can only see so far with just their eyes. Former airmen share the importance of AESA and how the technology ensures mission success.

APG-33 to PhantomStrike: 80 years of RI&S radars

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Raytheon Intelligence & Space has been at the forefront of tactical fighter radar technology since the mid-1940s. Now with over 1,000 AESA radars delivered and over a million flight hours, take a look at our decades of nonstop innovation to deliver unmatched mission success and aircrew survivability.

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