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Navy/USMC

Marine Corps Has Fielded Six G/ATOR Radars, Readying Full-Rate Production Decision Soon

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, May 13th, 2019

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Marine Corps Has Fielded Six G/ATOR Radars, Readying Full-Rate Production Decision Soon

Northrop Grumman's AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR)

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…

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