The Drive:

The battlefield of the 21st century presents an evolving, dynamic, and increasingly-complex problem set to military commanders and strategic planners. While counter-insurgency operations have dominated in recent decades, the U.S. Army has to prepare for the next conflict that could emanate from the actions of a state-sponsored group, a rogue state, and especially a very well-equipped peer/near-peer force. This makes preparing for what conflicts could emerge in the future challenging, to say the least.

One of the ways to ensure the Army is ready for any of these possibilities is to skip a step, or several steps ahead technologically by designing a system that not only solves the strategic needs of the current fight, but is advanced enough to counter several future generations of near-peer weapons evolutions. In turn, this offers defense planners the strategic ‘breathing room’ to prepare for whatever comes next.

The Army’s new Lower Tier Air & Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) is focused on doing just that, giving US commanders and soldiers a radar system so advanced that it has the capability to identify, analyze, and assist with the neutralization of a wide array of potential threats, whether they be UAV drone swarms, ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons, or fighter jets before they ever have a chance to reach their target…

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