Air and missile-defense radar contract signed between U.S. Army, Lockheed Martin

September 27, 2019

Military Embedded Systems:

SYRACUSE, N.Y. Lockheed Martin signed a contract with the U.S. Army, initially worth $281 million to develop the Sentinel A4 radar system, a high-performance modification of the Sentinel A3 (AN/MPQ-64A3) air and missile-defense radar that updates and improves the existing Sentinel capability against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial systems, and rotary-/fixed-wing threats.

Lockheed Martin officials say that the new Sentinel A4 radar will provide improved surveillance, detection, and classification capabilities and will protect Army maneuver formations and high-value static assets including command-and-control nodes, tactical assembly areas, and geopolitical centers.

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