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First G/ATOR Assembled In Prep For 2016 Fielding

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Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps effort to build the United States' first ground-based multi-role radar is rapidly progressing toward an initial fielding in 2016. Contractor Northrop Grumman [NOC] gave a live demonstration this month of the AN/TPS-80 Ground Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), which will replace five Marine Corps single-mission radars. "For too many years, G/ATOR has been basically a paper system that existed on viewgraphs in the Pentagon and in piece parts on test benches all throughout Northrop…

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