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Navy/USMC

Northrop Grumman Wrapping Up AMDR Far Field Range Testing

Wednesday, September 12th, 2012

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Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] follow-on testing of its Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) on its far field range is scheduled to wrap up this month, according to a company program director. Carl Herbermann, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AMDR technology demonstration program director, said Monday in an email the testing confirmed Northrop Grumman’s AMDR technologies are “low risk” and ready for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase. Herbermann also said the company completed initial range testing before its Aug. 9…

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