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Australia Purchases $185 Million In Components Needed To Integrate CEAFAR 2 Radar With AEGIS

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, June 29th, 2018

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The State Department has approved a $185 million deal with Australia for components needed to integrate the CEAFAR 2 Phased Array Radar System with the AEGIS combat system on their naval ships.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the foreign military sales (FMS) on June 27.The deal includes long lead items needed to integrate the CEAFAR radar for the AEGIS system, including Command Display System consoles, Multi-Mission Display systems, Tactical Equivalent Core Computing System cabinets, Tactical Equivalent AEGIS…

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