
The Marine Corps has completed initial operational tests for the first two blocks of its new mobile 360-degree radar system, with six systems already fielded and a full-rate production decision expected soon, a service spokesperson told Defense Daily. The Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), built by Northrop Grumman [NOC], is designed to provide an advanced, multi-mission Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar for the Marine Corps as officials look to better defend against a growing array of short and medium range…