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Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Submit D-RAPCON Bids

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon [RTN] submitted bids for the Air Force’s Deployable Radar Approach Control (D-RAPCON) modern air traffic control (ATC) radar program, the companies said recently. Both Lockheed Martin and Raytheon said recently in emails they submitted their bids for D-RAPCON. Lockheed Martin is teaming with ARINC to provide a solution that integrates field-proven systems such as Lockheed Martin’s TPS-79 tactical surveillance radar and the Federal Aviation Administration- (FAA) certified Microprocessor-En Route Automated Radar Tracking System (Micro-EARTS). Lockheed…

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