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MEADS Completes Performance Test For Multifunction Fire Control Radar

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014

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MEADS Completes Performance Test For Multifunction Fire Control Radar

MEADS Multifunction Fire Control Radar Photo: MBDA Germany.

The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program has completed a six-week performance test of its 360-degree Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) at Pratica di Mare Air Force Base near Rome, Italy, and at MBDA Germany’s air defense center in Freinhausen in the presence of the German customer and guests from MEADS partner nations. This was the first time the MFCR has been operated in Germany. “The latest test gives again evidence of the maturity of the MEADS development results,”…

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