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Northrop Grumman Completes Successful Initial Integration Test Of G/ATOR Radar System

Thursday, February 23rd, 2017

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Northrop Grumman Completes Successful Initial Integration Test Of G/ATOR Radar System

AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR). (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

Northrop Grumman [NOC] and the U.S. Marine Corps successfully completed the initial integration event (IIE) for the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system in Nov. 2016, the company said Thursday.The IIE demonstrated the G/ATOR’s ground weapon locating radar (GWLR) mode’s ability to detect and track multiple types of rocket, artillery, mortar (RAM) rounds simultaneously, Northrop Grumman said. The live fire event evaluated over 40 different weapon scenarios and over 700 live shots, including a variety of RAM rounds.The AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR…

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