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Air Force Re-Opens SpeedDealer Radar Proposal to Industry

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, March 6th, 2020

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Air Force Re-Opens SpeedDealer Radar Proposal to Industry

Northrop Grumman's AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR)

The Air Force has released the request for proposals (RFP) for its new ground-based radar system and industry is beginning to consider re-competing for the program. Inside Defense first reported earlier this year that the service was canceling its planned contract for the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) with Raytheon [RTN] due to numerous technical and supplier issues that caused schedule delays. The service released a new RFP March 2 for the so-called “SpeedDealer” program, with responses due April 1.…

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