Defense News:
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has picked Raytheon and Lockheed Martin to continue on the path to develop a next-generation air-and-missile defense radar following a concept design phase that looked at four different companies’ technology, according to company representatives.
The Department of Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) awarded contracts to four companies to come up with designs to help inform the Army’s requirements for the Patriot AMD radar replacement a year ago.
Because of their previous involvement, it came as no shock both Raytheon and Lockheed received contracts for the Lower Tier Air-and-Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS). Northrop Grumman and dark horse Technovative Applications, based in Brea, California, were given contracts as well.
Raytheon is the manufacturer of the legacy Patriot system and Lockheed Martin spent years developing a system that would replace Patriot from which the Army ultimately walked away. That system — the Medium Extended Air Defense Systems (MEADS) — is still in development with Germany.
