The U.S. Department of War has signed a $124 million agreement with Northrop Grumman to begin production work and order components for 67 AN/APG-85 radars.
Northrop Grumman has delivered more than 40 AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar systems to the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force.
The U.S. Space Force has selected Lake Kickapoo, Texas, as the preferred location for the third and final radar in its global deep-space surveillance network.
Kongsberg has selected Echodyne’s MESA radar for its Protector RS4 and RS6 remote weapon stations.
Serco has secured a five-year UK Ministry of Defence contract to continue operating and maintaining the early-warning radar at RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire.
Saab UK has delivered Giraffe 1X radar systems to the Royal Air Force under an urgent requirement for counter-drone operations.
The Dutch company said the facility will support 20 additional positions and increase capacity for its expanding North American business.
Raytheon’s SPY-6(V)3 radar has completed acceptance trials aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
The UK trial used independent quantum timing sources to keep radars at separate locations synchronised when satellite-based timing was unavailable or compromised.
SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace company, has received a $93.7 million U.S. Space Force award to modernize ground-based radar infrastructure.
Saab plans to increase production of its Giraffe 1X radar to more than 300 systems a year.
RTX’s Raytheon has delivered and installed the first SPY-6(V)4 radar array at the Surface Combat Systems Center on Wallops Island, Virginia.
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