Northrop Grumman Corporation announced on October 27, 2025, that the company has fully integrated its AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite with the AN/APG-83 SABR active electronically scanned array radar on U.S. Air Force F-16s. The result is a Viper that can hunt, jam, and target in the same slice of spectrum without blinding itself, a critical step as fourth-generation fighters are pushed deeper into near-peer threat rings. Read more...
An upgraded F-16 Viper with Northrop Grumman’s IVEWS and SABR radar jams advanced threats while keeping a clear picture in contested airspace (Picture source: Northrop Grumman).