
The Army has tapped Northrop Grumman [NOC] to develop a next-generation tactical radar antenna built to be modular for a range of mission requirements, the company said Wednesday. Northrop Grumman said the Re-Scalable Aperture for Precision Targeting Radar (RAPTR) antenna is composed of small radar building blocks to tailor the system for specific platforms and is designed to provide advanced surveillance and precision targeting capabilities “RAPTR’s building block architecture allows us to scale the antenna up or down to suit a…