LTAMDS is expected to replace the Patriot radar, giving Army air defenders 360-degree surveillance and fire control from a single sensor. Raytheon is the prime contractor for the program, which Lyntris said has moved into full-rate production.
Lyntris will produce cooling assemblies for the radar’s active electronically scanned arrays at its facilities in Newark, California, and Carson City, Nevada. The parts combine liquid-cooling circuits with precisely machined components to keep high-power electronics at stable temperatures.
“Thermal management is where AESA radar performance is won or lost — the array can only radiate what the cooling system can carry away,” said Matt Parisi, a Lyntris vice president. Temperature changes can shorten the life of radar components, making consistent cooling part of the challenge of producing the system at scale.
“These orders reflect years of investment in the manufacturing base required to deliver mission-critical hardware at rate, and they extend a partnership that goes back 13 years,” said Lyntris Chief Executive Brian Morrison. The company expects to increase output from development quantities using its existing qualified manufacturing processes.
