RTX’s Raytheon business unveiled that it has developed a new iteration of the APG-82 radar, the APG-82(V)X, on 23 September 2025.
The new radar variant incorporates cutting-edge gallium nitride (GaN) technology to enhance the radar’s effectiveness, delivering increased range and advanced air-to-air, air-to-ground and electronic warfare (EW) capabilities.
The APG-82(V)X enables faster target detection, tracking and engagement with multi-function fire control and EW capabilities. As an advanced active electronically scanned-array (AESA) radar, it uses thousands of transmit and receive modules, enabling the radar to rapidly switch between transmitting and receiving signals as well as providing greater reliability and more precise targeting against aerial threats like cruise missiles, drones and modern fighter aircraft.
While providing greater range, the APG-82(V)X’s GaN technology requires no additional power. The radar is scalable and built with open-architecture standards with next-generation technology and improved processor speed, providing significantly increased capability to current- and future-generation aircraft.
Development of the radar has begun at Raytheon’s facilities in El Segundo, California, while production of the radars will leverage mature production lines at Raytheon’s site in Forest, Mississippi.
“The enhanced capability of this next-generation radar enables aircrew to detect and engage threats at longer ranges than ever before, providing a crucial first-look, first-shoot advantage,” Dan Theisen, president of Advanced Products and Solutions at Raytheon, was quoted as saying in an RTX press release. “As the threat environment evolves, this new radar will ensure faster decision making and superior situational awareness in contested environments,” Theisen added.
The current APG-82 radar is used by Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft and the latest F-15EX Eagle II as well as the F-15Is flown by the Israeli Air Force and the F-15Js flown by the Japan Air-Self-Defense Force.
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