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Lockheed Broadens Q-53 Radar Scope To Detect UAS, Working On SHORAD

Tuesday, April 25th, 2017

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Lockheed Broadens Q-53 Radar Scope To Detect UAS, Working On SHORAD

The AN/TPQ-53 radar system. Photo courtesy Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] is expanding the capabilities of the Army’s Q-53 counterfire radar to deal with small unmanned aerial systems and eventually plans for the same system to be capable of short-range air defense (SHORAD) for deployed ground forces.Lockheed has built at least 95 Q-53 counter-target acquisition radars (CTAR) systems for the Army. Initially fielded in 2010, the advanced, electronically-scanned array (AESA) radar is the most modern in the Army’s inventory, Lockheed’s Q-53 Program Director Rick Herodes told reporters during…

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