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Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman Awarded 3DELRR Pre-EMD Contracts

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

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The Air Force said Monday it awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT], Raytheon [RTN] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] approximately $35 million firm fixed price contracts for the Pre-Engineering and Manufacturing Development (Pre-EMD) period of the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR). The contracts are also for preliminary design review (PDR) and capability demonstration of radar prototypes, according to the Air Force. The 3DELRR will be the principal Air Force long-range, ground-based sensor for detecting, identifying, tracking and reporting aircraft and missiles in support…

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