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Because you don\u2019t want electronic warfare to have a negative impact on AESA, you don\u2019t want AESA to have a negative impact on electronic warfare,\u201d James Conroy, Northrop\u2019s vice president for navigation, targeting and survivability, told C4ISRNET. The EW system is \u201ca survivability function. AESAs aren\u2019t typically only doing survivability, they\u2019re doing other situational awareness as well as targeting capabilities. 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Because the aircraft has been flying for decades \u2014 long before modern technological threats on the battlefield \u2014 the Air Force must implement upgrades to make the system more survivable against sophisticated adversaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a strong push to improve electronic protection for the F-16 against modern adversaries,\u201d Graham said. \u201cNL21 allowed for both an RF-dense environment while permitting targeted testing before, during and after LFE [Large Force Exercise]<b> <\/b>fights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conroy said the F-16 is still capable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe really need the electronic warfare on these platforms to really make them survivable in that next generation or the next type of conflict that these platforms may be engaged in,\u201d he said. \u201cThe RF threat environment has got so congested, meaning that there are so many other signals that are out there and being able to find the right signals really requires a lot of advanced processing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northrop officials said they view the demonstration as a stepping stone. 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