Hey, welcome to the show.

My name is Mike Benitez, call sign Paco.

I am the founder and the host of the merge.

And I am Vincent Aiello, call sign Jello, founder, and host of the fighter pilot podcast.

Jello, the last time we got together, we talked about all kinds of weapons, air to air, air to ground,

but those weapons only do so good if you can just shoot further than you can see.

So we're going to have to see a little bit further, right?

That's right, Paco.

And the world of fighters in air combat, that generally means radar. Today is going to be illuminating, so to speak,

since we're talking mostly about AESA radars, and that's the active electronically scanned

array radars. Yeah, and you're a super hornet guy. I'm a strikey wood guy, so flying the mighty

FAA 18, E and F and F-15E, both of those have ESA radars now.

Both of them are using the same family of products from Raytheon.

And so it's going to be awesome to hear more about how those all work today.

So true.

And joining us to discuss this further is Joe Grip Beisner,

Director of Requirements and Capabilities of Radio Frequency Solutions over at our friends

Raytheon. Welcome, Grip. Hey, guys. Thanks for having me today. Great to be here. Looking forward to

the discussion. It's a topic that's important to me, both personally and professionally. Fantastic.

All right, Grip, to set the stage, tell us a bit about your personal experience and military background.

Okay, well, be careful, guys. As you both know, asking a fighter pilot to talk about himself,

or tired or not, might take the whole show, because I respect you, I respect your time,

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