The United States Air Force has contracted Northrop Grumman to supply Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars for its fleet of F-16 fighter jets for $262.3 million.
美國空軍與諾斯羅普·格魯曼公司簽訂合同，為其F-16戰鬥機機隊提供有源電子掃描陣列(AESA)雷達，價格為2.623億美元。
“Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $262.3 million modification (P00027) to contract for AESA radars of Air Force F-16 aircraft. This modification is for the exercise of options to include 15 engineering, manufacturing and development and 90 production radars, as well as associated support equipment and spares,” the US Department of Defense said in a statement Friday.
“諾斯羅普·格魯曼公司已被授予2.623億美元的改裝合同(P00027)，以合同購買空軍F-16飛機的AESA雷達。這項修改是為了行使選擇權，包括15個工程，製造和開發和90個生產雷達，以及相關的支持設備和備件，“美國國防部在週五的一份聲明中說。
The company had won $1 billion in December 2019 to work on F-16 radar systems.
該公司在2019年12月贏得了10億美元，用於研發F-16雷達系統。
The contract funds development and production of up to 372 AESA radars.
該合同為開發和生產多達372臺AESA雷達提供資金。
These radars are computer-controlled antennae in which the beam of radio waves can be steered to point in different directions without physically moving the antenna.
這些雷達是計算機控制的天線，其中無線電波的波束可以在不物理移動天線的情況下指向不同的方向。
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