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Army

Raytheon Delivers 10thAN/TPY-2 Missile-Defense Radar To Missile Defense Agency

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, October 9th, 2014

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Raytheon Delivers 10thAN/TPY-2 Missile-Defense Radar To Missile Defense Agency

Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance Control Model-2 (AN/TPY-2) Radar. (Photo: Raytheon)

Raytheon [RTN] delivered its 10th AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) six months ahead of schedule. The AN/TPY-2 is an integral element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). It is a mobile X-band radar that protects civilians and infrastructure in the United States, deployed warfighters, and allied nations and security partners, from the growing ballistic missile threat. AN/TPY-2 is a high resolution, mobile, rapidly deployable X-band radar capable of providing long range acquisition, precision…

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