Editing AI.24 Foxhunter (section)

==History==
The radar was flight tested on a [[Hawker Siddeley]] [[Blackburn Buccaneer|Buccaneer]] and first flew in a Tornado F.2 in June 1981.<ref>{{cite news | title = Tornado Radar | work = Aviation Week & Space Technology | publisher = McGraw-Hill, Inc. | page = 63 | date = 1981-06-29}}</ref>

===Contractual relationships===
In 1987 GEC argued that the contractual relationships were partly to blame for the delay in the Foxhunter entering service &ndash; although GEC was responsible for most of the radar, Ferranti manufactured the antenna platform (the scanner less the antenna) and transmitter and reported to the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] who acted as the prime contactor.<ref>{{cite news | first =  David | last = Buchan |author2=McLain, Lynton | title = Closing Ranks In Defence Of Foxhunter | work = Financial Times | publisher = The Financial Times Limited | page = 6 | date = 1987-04-02}}</ref> A new contract was signed in March 1988 and described as "tight" (i.e. not lenient towards Marconi) by the ''[[Financial Times]]''.{{cn|date=December 2021}}

===Production delays===
Production Tornado F.2s had [[concrete]] ballast in place of the Foxhunter radar, due to the development delays. This ballast became known as the "[[Blue Circle]] radar", a play on words from a British brand of cement by the same name, and the [[Rainbow Codes]] previously used for British radars.

The UK's Tornado F3 fleet were ultimately equipped with "Stage 3 AI.24s".{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=AI-24 Foxhunter Radar |url=https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8413758/ai-24-foxhunter-radar-aeroplane-component. }}</ref>