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Air Force

Raytheon, Northrop Grumman Complete 3DELRR Demos

Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

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Raytheon [RTN] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently completed their Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) demos for the Air Force, the last major events prior to an anticipated $1.3 billion award next year. Northrop Grumman Business Development Director for Ground-Based Tactical Radars Mark Smith told Defense Daily Thursday the company performed its “Demo C” in mid-July near Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport. Smith said the company made a strategic decision to demonstrate a production-ready system as opposed to a prototype…

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