Missile Defense Agency Selects Raytheon To Provide New Missile Defense Radar

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Tewksbury MA (SPX) Oct 29, 2010 - The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon a $190 million fixed price incentive fee contract to construct, integrate and test a new Army/Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance (AN/TPY-2) radar. The AN/TPY-2 is the most capable and reliable radar currently deployed to defend against the ballistic missile threat. "The AN/TPY-2 provides a critical Ballistic Missile Defense capability for ... more
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U.S. Approves Design For Advanced Ballistic Missile Radar

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin said yesterday it has received approval from the U.S. Air Force for its initial blueprint for a new transportable long-range radar system (see GSN, Oct. 1).
The Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar would become the chief ground-based detector for finding, tracking dispatching information on missiles and aircraft for the Marine Corps and the Air Force, according to a company press release. The system would succeed the Air Force's AN/TPS-75 air surveillance system and possibly the Marines' AN/TPS-59 ballistic missile surveillance system.
An initial test of the system's capabilities in March met with Air Force approval. A follow-up demonstration is expected before winter. Lockheed received a $25 million contract to develop the system in May 2009 (Lockheed Martin release, Oct. 20).

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