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[..] A model of the F-21, which supersedes the previous F-16IN Block 70 version offered to India, was unveiled at the AeroIndia 2019 show, which opened here Feb. 20.
“The F-21 is different inside and out,” says Vivek Lall, vice president of strategy and business development for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. F-21 is a trademark, not an official U.S. designation, and stands for “Fighter for the 21st century,” he says.
Differences from the F-16IN Block 70 include the addition of the dorsal equipment fairing, a retractable inflight refueling probe housed in the starboard conformal fuel tank, large-format touchscreen cockpit display and triple launchers for AIM-120 Amraam air-to-air missiles on the middle pylons under the wing.
A Lockheed video shows the F-21 deploying a towed decoy in combat and a braking parachute on landing. The fighter is equipped with an active electronically scanned array radar and helmet-mounted cu[e]ing system, as was the previous Block 70 offering. The manufacturer says the India-specific F-21 incorporates technologies derived from those in its F-22 and F-35 fifth-generation fighters. [..]
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