Post Tagged with: "radar"
Saab Upgrading Radars for the Canadian Navy
Saab will upgrade the Sea Giraffe 150 HC surveillance radar for the modernisation of the Canadian Navy’s Halifax Class frigates. The contract has been signed with Lockheed Martin and has a value of approximately SEK 180 Million. The agreement concerns the upgrade and modification of the existing Sea Giraffe 150 HC radar. Moreover, Saab will [...]
LM to Develop Air Force’s Next-Generation Long-Range Radar
SYRACUSE, N.Y.: The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a fixed-price contract for nearly $25 million to develop a prototype for the next-generation 3-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR). Lockheed Martin was one of two industry teams placed under contract for the technical development of this new land-based radar. The Electronic Systems Command at Hanscom [...]
ESC officials complete milestone for advanced radar system
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass: Equipping warfighters with the technology to detect moving targets in combat gained momentum when Electronic Systems Center officials here, in concert with prime contractors and other organizations, recently completed a key flight milestone for the Multiplatform Radar Technology Insertion Program. “At this point, we’re delivering on the promise of advanced [...]
Initial MP-RTIP Radar Performance Verification Flights Completed
EL SEGUNDO, Ca: Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed initial testing of the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor. All dedicated mode flights have been completed in the Radar System Level Performance Verification (RSLPV) program, verifying system performance of the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) modes. This new sensor is [...]
More AESA Radars For US Navy F-18 Super Hornets
El Segundo CA: Raytheon has been awarded a $54 million U.S. Navy contract to retrofit Super Hornet block II aircraft with APG-79 active electronically scanned array radars. The award by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., calls for APG-79 AESA radars to be retrofitted into lots 26 to 29 of the F/A-18E/F aircraft. [...]
DINGO armoured vehicles equiped with Ground Surveillance Radar
The German Armed Forces will be equipped with a new kind of ground surveillance radar (BÜR – Bodenüberwachungsradar) for detecting movements on the ground and at low altitudes with a precision unmatched in the world. On May 19 the first of two system demonstrators were handed over to the German Federal Office of Defence Technology [...]
EADS Supplies New Type of Ground Surveillance Radar
EADS Defence & Security (DS) will equip the German Armed Forces with a new kind of ground surveillance radar (BÜR – Bodenüberwachungsradar) for detecting movements on the ground and at low altitudes with a precision unmatched in the world. As the company announced on Tuesday, Defence Electronics (DE), an integrated activity of DS, today handed [...]
USAF Begins Program to Replace TPS-75s
NEWTOWN: The U.S. Air Force awarded two contracts worth a total $46.8 million to provide engineering and design support to the government during the technology development phase of the Three Dimensional Long Range Radar Program. One contract (FA8722-09-C-0003) was awarded to Lockheed Martin of Liverpool, N.Y., and is worth a total of $24.85 million. At [...]
Production of ALR-69A(V) radar to Continue
El Segundo CA: Raytheon has been awarded a $7.3 million contract for the continued production of ALR-69A(V) radar warning receiver systems for the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The new contract is for the second phase of a low rate initial production program. This phase calls for production of 10 [...]


