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Initial Testing Of LRDR On Tap For April With IOC In September, Northern Command Chief Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 16th, 2021

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Initial Testing Of LRDR On Tap For April With IOC In September, Northern Command Chief Says

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)

Initial testing of a new a new missile defense radar is set to begin in April with “power up” with expectations that the system will achieve initial operational capability (IOC) in September, the head of U.S. Northern Command said on Tuesday. The Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) program is “on track,” Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerk said during a media briefing. In September, VanHerk said he plans to visit Clear, Alaska where the LRDR is being installed to “see the…

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