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Army

Lockheed Martin Participating In Army’s LTAMDS ‘Sense-Off’ Demo

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, February 28th, 2019

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Lockheed Martin Participating In Army’s LTAMDS ‘Sense-Off’ Demo

Lockheed Martin’s AESA ARES radar technology demonstrator using gallium nitride (GaN) technology. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] will participate in a demonstration this spring for the Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor program where officials will look to test possible replacements for the Patriot radar system, a company spokesperson told Defense Daily Thursday. The “sense-off” demonstration will take place over two weeks at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico as the Army ramps up its potentially multi-billion dollar search for a new radar to integrate into its future air and missile…

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