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U.S. Air Force Awards Raytheon $183 Million for ASARS-2B Radar

U.S. Air Force Awards Raytheon $183 Million for ASARS-2B Radar
A U-2 takes off for the Optical Bar Camera’s (OBC) final flight out of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing on June 24 at Beale AFB,, Calif. The Air Force said that the OBC mission operated out of Beale for nearly 52 years, with the first OBC deploying from Beale in 1974 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a $183 million contract for sensors for the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System-2B (ASARS-2B) for the Lockheed Martin U-2S Dragon Lady reconnaissance plane, DoD said on Sept. 9. "Work will be performed in El Segundo, California, and is expected to be complete by Aug. 16, 2027," per the DoD contracts announcement. ASARS-2B is to double the range of the Raytheon ASARS-2A radar, carried in the nose of some U-2s. While the…

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