The Army has deployed the first Lockheed Martin [LMT] Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 (EQ-36) counterfire target acquisition radars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the company said. The EQ-36 systems can detect, classify, track and locate enemy fire such as mortars, artillery and rockets in either 360- or 90-degree modes. The new radars are supplementing and will eventually replace the legacy AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37 medium-range radars now in the inventory. "From the start, the EQ-36 program has been about the soldier and the Army's…
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