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Advanced / Transformational Technology

DARPA Selects BAE For Radar Countermeasures Program

Monday, December 8th, 2014

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The Defense Advanced Research projects Agency (DARPA) selected BAE Systems for Phase 2 of its Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) program, the company said on Monday. The ARC program is aimed at developing technology to automatically generate effective countermeasures against adversaries’ new, unknown, and adaptive radars in real-time in the field. As part of Phase 2, BAE is to deliver a prototype system that features software algorithms capable of detecting and countering emerging radar threats. This would provide a capability enhancement…

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