US Navy, Canada Order BAE APX-111 Mode 5 IFF Units for Super Hornet Jets

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US Navy, Canada Order BAE APX-111 Mode 5 IFF Units for Super Hornet Jets

F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet

BAE Systems has won a $58.7 million contract to supply Integrated Friend or Foe (IFF) units for F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft of the US Navy and government of Canada.

This contract provides for the manufacture, test and delivery of 239 Mode 5 capable RT-1763C/D AN/APX-111(V) combined interrogator transponders and 397 spare shop replaceable assemblies for the F/A-18 Super Hornet series and Boeing EA-18G Growler warfare aircraft for the Navy and the government of Canada, the Pentagon said on June 10.

Work is expected to be complete by December 2025.

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