LRDR

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in partnership with Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Northern Command, has successfully completed a critical live missile defence test involving the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR). The test, designated Flight Test Other-26a (FTX-26a), marked LRDR’s first flight test tracking a live Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) representative target.

Lockheed Martin’s LRDR radar successfully tracks live ICBM target in missile defence test

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Lockheed Martin and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have successfully executed Flight Test Other-26a (FTX-26a).

The Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) at Clear Space Force Station in Clear, Alaska, completed DD250 final acceptance and was officially handed over to the Missile Defence Agency in preparation for an Operational Capability Baseline (OCB) decision and final transition to the Warfighter. In addition, prior to this transition, the system has started Space Domain Awareness data collects for the United States Space Force.

Missile defence: Lockheed hands over Long Range Discrimination Radar to MDA

LRDR provides the ability to simultaneously search and track multiple small objects, including all classes of ballistic missiles, at very long ranges, under continuous operation.