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.
美国空军与诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司签订合同，为其F-16战斗机机队提供有源电子扫描阵列(AESA)雷达，价格为2.623亿美元。
“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.
“诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司已被授予2.623亿美元的改装合同(P00027)，以合同购买空军F-16飞机的AESA雷达。这项修改是为了行使选择权，包括15个工程，制造和开发和90个生产雷达，以及相关的支持设备和备件，“美国国防部在周五的一份声明中说。
The company had won $1 billion in December 2019 to work on F-16 radar systems.
该公司在2019年12月赢得了10亿美元，用于研发F-16雷达系统。
The contract funds development and production of up to 372 AESA radars.
该合同为开发和生产多达372台AESA雷达提供资金。
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.
这些雷达是计算机控制的天线，其中无线电波的波束可以在不物理移动天线的情况下指向不同的方向。
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