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First Long Range Discrimination Radar Panel Reaches Alaska

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First Long Range Discrimination Radar Panel Reaches Alaska
A truck transporting the first radar panel to Clear Air Force Station prepares to leave Lockheed Martin’s Moorestown, N.J., facility in 2019. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The first of 20 Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) panels was delivered to the deployment site in Clear Air Force Station, Alaska in May, the company said Tuesday during the annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium. The 27-foot tall panel was built at the company’s Solid State Radar Integration site (SSRIS) in Moorestown, N.J., and was sent the 5,000 miles via truck. A Lockheed spokesperson told Defense Daily it takes about two weeks to get each…

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