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Missteps Delay Rapid Fielding of USAF 3DELRR

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023

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Missteps Delay Rapid Fielding of USAF 3DELRR

Pictured is a TPY-4 radar (Lockheed Martin Photo)

Acquisition missteps are delaying the fielding of the U.S. Air Force Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR), a program that began in 2009 and that the Air Force designated a Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) rapid prototyping effort in December, 2019, according to a new Pentagon Inspector General (IG) audit. 3DELRR is to be a long-range, ground-based aerial targets radar, and the Air Force had planned to field 35 of the radars by fiscal 2028. "The Air Force did not effectively…

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