Leonardo Spa - Rome-based aerospace, defence and security company - Signs contract to complete the development of "game-changing new radar" for the Royal Air Force's Typhoon fleet. The contract was awarded by BAE Systems PLC for further development of the European Common Radar System Mk2 radar. Leonardo will lead on the aircraft's main sensing and survivability systems. The radar will allow Typhoons to simultaneously detect, identify and track land and sea targets. A prototype, developed and manufactured by Leonardo in Edinburgh and Luton, is undergoing specialist testing at BAE's combat air site in Lancashire. Initial flight testing is expected in 2024.
Mark Hamilton, Leonardo's Managing Director Electronics UK, says: "The ECRS MK2 Radar programme will deliver world leading capabilities...[it] will not only provide critical capability to Typhoon but will also develop and sustain critical skills relevant to other future developments and core programmes in the air domain."
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