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Raytheon Completes Demo Of LTAMDS Offering For The Army

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, May 21st, 2019

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Raytheon Completes Demo Of LTAMDS Offering For The Army

Raytheon's GaN-powered AESA air and missile defense radar. Photo: Raytheon

Raytheon [RTN] announced Tuesday it has completed a demonstration of its offering for the Army’s next radar for the Patriot air and missile defense system. The demonstration of Raytheon’s offering for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) program took place at a two-week “sense-off” event at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, as the Army looks to move the effort towards a prototype contract this fall. LTAMDS is intended to replace the Patriot’s current radar, which…

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