An F-35B short take-off and vertical landing variant and F-35C carrier variant aircraft fly together over Fort Worth, Texas, on functional check flights on 14 March 2013. (Lockheed Martin)

Engineers at Northrop Grumman are developing a new advanced active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the F-35 Lightning II, which company officials say will be compatible with all variants of the advanced stealth fighter jet.

Work within the company's electronic systems directorate is ongoing on the AN/APG-85, which will replace the current AN/APG-81 AESA fire-control radar employed aboard the F-35, according to an 11 January Northrop Grumman statement. The system's development will “be capable of defeating current and projected adversarial air and surface threats … [and] incorporate some of the latest technologies available and help ensure air superiority” for the US armed forces and allied forces fielding the F-35, company officials added in the statement.

A Northrop Grumman spokesperson declined queries by Janes

An F-35B short take-off and vertical landing variant and F-35C carrier variant aircraft fly together over Fort Worth, Texas, on functional check flights on 14 March 2013. (Lockheed Martin)

Engineers at Northrop Grumman are developing a new advanced active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the F-35 Lightning II, which company officials say will be compatible with all variants of the advanced stealth fighter jet.

Work within the company's electronic systems directorate is ongoing on the AN/APG-85, which will replace the current AN/APG-81 AESA fire-control radar employed aboard the F-35, according to an 11 January Northrop Grumman statement. The system's development will “be capable of defeating current and projected adversarial air and surface threats … [and] incorporate some of the latest technologies available and help ensure air superiority” for the US armed forces and allied forces fielding the F-35, company officials added in the statement.

A Northrop Grumman spokesperson declined queries by Janes

An F-35B short take-off and vertical landing variant and F-35C carrier variant aircraft fly together over Fort Worth, Texas, on functional check flights on 14 March 2013. (Lockheed Martin)

Engineers at Northrop Grumman are developing a new advanced active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the F-35 Lightning II, which company officials say will be compatible with all variants of the advanced stealth fighter jet.

Work within the company's electronic systems directorate is ongoing on the AN/APG-85, which will replace the current AN/APG-81 AESA fire-control radar employed aboard the F-35, according to an 11 January Northrop Grumman statement. The system's development will “be capable of defeating current and projected adversarial air and surface threats … [and] incorporate some of the latest technologies available and help ensure air superiority” for the US armed forces and allied forces fielding the F-35, company officials added in the statement.

A Northrop Grumman spokesperson declined queries by Janes

An F-35B short take-off and vertical landing variant and F-35C carrier variant aircraft fly together over Fort Worth, Texas, on functional check flights on 14 March 2013. (Lockheed Martin)

Engineers at Northrop Grumman are developing a new advanced active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the F-35 Lightning II, which company officials say will be compatible with all variants of the advanced stealth fighter jet.

Work within the company's electronic systems directorate is ongoing on the AN/APG-85, which will replace the current AN/APG-81 AESA fire-control radar employed aboard the F-35, according to an 11 January Northrop Grumman statement. The system's development will “be capable of defeating current and projected adversarial air and surface threats … [and] incorporate some of the latest technologies available and help ensure air superiority” for the US armed forces and allied forces fielding the F-35, company officials added in the statement.

A Northrop Grumman spokesperson declined queries by Janes

An F-35B short take-off and vertical landing variant and F-35C carrier variant aircraft fly together over Fort Worth, Texas, on functional check flights on 14 March 2013. (Lockheed Martin)

Engineers at Northrop Grumman are developing a new advanced active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the F-35 Lightning II, which company officials say will be compatible with all variants of the advanced stealth fighter jet.

Work within the company's electronic systems directorate is ongoing on the AN/APG-85, which will replace the current AN/APG-81 AESA fire-control radar employed aboard the F-35, according to an 11 January Northrop Grumman statement. The system's development will “be capable of defeating current and projected adversarial air and surface threats … [and] incorporate some of the latest technologies available and help ensure air superiority” for the US armed forces and allied forces fielding the F-35, company officials added in the statement.

A Northrop Grumman spokesperson declined queries by Janes

An F-35B short take-off and vertical landing variant and F-35C carrier variant aircraft fly together over Fort Worth, Texas, on functional check flights on 14 March 2013. (Lockheed Martin)

Engineers at Northrop Grumman are developing a new advanced active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the F-35 Lightning II, which company officials say will be compatible with all variants of the advanced stealth fighter jet.

Work within the company's electronic systems directorate is ongoing on the AN/APG-85, which will replace the current AN/APG-81 AESA fire-control radar employed aboard the F-35, according to an 11 January Northrop Grumman statement. The system's development will “be capable of defeating current and projected adversarial air and surface threats … [and] incorporate some of the latest technologies available and help ensure air superiority” for the US armed forces and allied forces fielding the F-35, company officials added in the statement.

A Northrop Grumman spokesperson declined queries by Janes