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The only electronic warfare system for F-16 fighter jets just passed a critical milestone, setting up the next stages that will lead to production and fielding decisions.
The Northrop Grumman-made AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) successfully passed the Air Force’s Joint Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic Sensors test, which involves mounting the pod on an F-16 and placing the entire aircraft in an anechoic chamber to test the system along with the other capabilities on the jet.

Melanie, Chris, and Zack discuss the steps that European countries can and should take to prepare for possible U.S. retrenchment from the continent. Can NATO survive a second Trump administration? Or should we be equally concerned about a second Biden administration for transatlantic relations? Grievances for Justin Trudeau and Canada’s meager defense budgets, to those who kept President Biden’s health problems a secret, and to the Pentagon for acquiescing to the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile’s rising costs.