First Spiral 3 EP-3E Set For Testing

By Guy Norris

L-3 Platform Integration is preparing to start flight tests of the U.S. Navy’s first Spiral 3 configured EP-3E aircraft, following installation of the upgraded intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission avionics suite at its Waco, Texas, facility.

The new communications intelligence equipment replaces obsolete sensors while increasing the aircraft’s networking ...

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