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Air Force SpeedDealer Radar Solicitation Deadline Extended Due to COVID-19

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, March 23rd, 2020

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Air Force SpeedDealer Radar Solicitation Deadline Extended Due to COVID-19

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

The Air Force has pushed back the deadline for industry to submit bids for its new ground-based radar system by two weeks to accommodate work restrictions caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus. The service released a request for proposals March 2 for the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) “SpeedDealer” program, with responses originally due back April 1 (Defense Daily, March 6). On Monday, the service updated its solicitation to extend the deadline to April 15. “The Government will be extending the…

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