World’s only privately-owned F-16 fighter jet gets infrared search capability

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World’s only privately-owned F-16 fighter jet gets infrared search capability
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Top Aces, the world's only commercial operator of F-16 aircraft, has integrated infrared search and track technology on its F-16 fighter.

This technology is used in military and aerospace applications to detect, track, and identify targets by measuring their infrared radiation.Montreal-based defense contractor Top Aces, the world’s only commercial operator of the F-16 aircraft for advanced adversary air training, has announced the integration of an infrared search and track capability on its F-16 Advanced Aggressor Fighter platform.

“Fitted with Top Aces’ open architecture ‘Advanced Aggressor Mission System’ , our F-16 AAF will continue to rapidly integrate a range of high-tech sensors to meet evolving customer requirements.”, already equipped with an active electronically scanned array radar, a helmet-mounted cueing system, and Link-16 capabilities, have been further upgraded with Northrop Grumman’s cutting-edge OpenPod.

“The Air Force needs a highly capable adversary to train against. We firmly believe our F-16 AAF platform, combined with our highly experienced personnel, offer the most realistic and cost-effective solution to prepare the next generation of combat leaders,” continued Quinn.

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