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LRDR Fielding Delayed A Year Due To COVID-19

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LRDR Fielding Delayed A Year Due To COVID-19
Construction of the structure that will house the Missile Defense Agency’s Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) is almost finished at Clear Air Force Station in Clear, Alaska in 2020. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

A new Alaska-based missile defense radar has been delayed for about a year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Government Accountability Office report and the director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). In the GAO’s annual report on the U.S. missile defense system, published last month, the report said MDA told GAO in June “all LRDR construction and integration activities ceased in March 2020 due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).” “As a result, initial fielding…

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