{"id":29495,"date":"2019-04-05T18:12:42","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T18:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/05\/lockheed-and-israeli-company-teaming-up-for-us-army-missile-defense-radar-sense-off\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:15:29","slug":"lockheed-and-israeli-company-teaming-up-for-us-army-missile-defense-radar-sense-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/sensors\/2019\/04\/05\/lockheed-and-israeli-company-teaming-up-for-us-army-missile-defense-radar-sense-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed and Israeli company team up for US Army missile defense radar \u2018sense-off\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Lockheed Martin and Israeli radar company Elta Systems, <\/a>a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, are teaming up for the U.S. Army\u2019s upcoming \u201csense-off\u201d demonstration of possible radars<\/a> for its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense System<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lockheed confirmed via a spokesperson that it is in discussions with Elta as the companies finalize an optimal solution for the demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elta was one of the companies on the Army\u2019s bidder list for the sense-off, the spokesperson said, and therefore Lockheed and Elta decided to participate together \u201cto bring the best technology from both companies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Lockheed, the partnership made sense because \u201cwe saw mature technology with Elta that complemented the very mature technology that Lockheed Martin has developed,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cWhen the Army chose to move faster and accelerate the program, it made perfect sense for us to work with Elta.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army has for years sought a radar capable of detecting threats from 360 degrees to replace its aging Patriot radar (although the service appears to be moving away from requiring that capability in a new radar).<\/p>\n\n\n\t