TR-3 para los gordos .
Posted on 8/6/2026 at 04:50:57 PM by Nebio33
Buenas,
The Fleet Readiness Center East completed the conversion of its first F-35Bs from the TR-2 to the TR-3 configuration, which will support the future Block 4 upgrades.
The Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) is the “backbone” supporting the future Block 4 upgraded hardware covering 75 major systems. The major and leading upgrade is a powerful AN/APG-85 radar replacing the APG-81 as the primary sensor, while others include a new electronic warfare suite, an improved Electro-Optical Tracking System (EOTS), a new ####pit display, navigation and communication systems, and a next-generation Distributed Aperture System (DAS).
Materiel leader for F-35 mods/retrofits within the F-35 JPO, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Matthew Hawkins, talked about the massive retrofit accelerating from the “700 aircraft already fielded […] year after year […] across the fleet,” with the initial conversions helping refine the full-rate processes.
Me suena que se estuvo hablando hace no mucho. Pues si parece que se van a modernizar los TR-2 masivamente. Por ahora en una configuración "simplificada".
Estuvo sonando durante un tiempo que esos tr2 se quedaban como estaban por el alto coste de actualizarlos. Al final parece que no será así.
El problema con las "tranches" provisionales parece bastante extendido entre la ultima generación de cazas. Pienso en el Eurofighter por supuesto...😂
Saludos.
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