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Lockheed Martin Unveils DART Radar Technology

Tuesday, November 17th, 2015

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Lockheed Martin Unveils DART Radar Technology

Lockheed Martin’s new Digital Array Row Transceiver (DART) radar technology. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] publicly announced its newest radar technology on Tuesday, the Digital Array Row Transceiver (CART), based on Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology.The DART is a combined transmit and receive LRU with GaN T/R modules. Using the DaN technology, DART has a greater performance within current Lockheed Martin radar products and lowers lifecycle costs thanks to increased energy efficiency, the company said.The new DART technology is available in the recently launched TPS-77 Multi Role Radar systems and is also compatible…

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