US CBP orders Vixen AESA radar for Citation 'interceptors'

摘要

The US Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine organisation has embarked on a programme to recapitalise its unarmed Citation II surveillance and tracking aircraft with Selex Galileo's Vixen 500E Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) fire-control radar, writes Martin Streetly.rnUnder the USD9.2 million contract, Selex is supplying TKC Aerospace with three Vixen radars (two operational, one spare) and two associated mission management systems for installation aboard a first tranche of two CBP Citations.