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Contractors Conduct Next-Gen USAF Surveillance Radar Demos

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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

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By Marina Malenic Two companies vying for a contract to provide a next-generation long-range surveillance and ballistic missile defense radar for the Air Force have completed a capability demonstration in the latest phase of the competition. Lockheed Martin [LMT] and rival Sensis Corp. last month conducted demonstrations for the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR). This was the second and final required under a firm-fixed-price $24.9 contract awarded to Lockheed Martin and a $21.9 million firm-fixed-price contract awarded to Sensis in…

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