{"id":53186,"date":"2018-10-04T12:01:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T12:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/04\/army-chooses-raytheon-lockheed-to-mature-new-missile-defense-radars\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:55:20","slug":"army-chooses-raytheon-lockheed-to-mature-new-missile-defense-radars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2018\/10\/04\/army-chooses-raytheon-lockheed-to-mature-new-missile-defense-radars\/","title":{"rendered":"Army chooses Raytheon, Lockheed to mature new missile defense radars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 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 <\/a>that looked at four different companies\u2019 technology, according to company representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A year ago, the Department of Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium awarded contracts to four companies to come up with designs to help inform the Army\u2019s requirements for the Patriot AMD radar replacement. 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. Northrop Grumman and dark horse Technovative Applications, based in Brea, California, were also awarded contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concept design contracts were given a period of performance of 15 months, so the downselect to Raytheon and Lockheed came slightly early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raytheon is the manufacturer of the legacy Patriot system, and Lockheed Martin spent years developing a system to replace Patriot, from which the Army ultimately walked away. That system \u2014 the Medium Extended Air Defense Systems \u2014 is still in development with Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After spending years debating when and how it would replace its current Patriot system\u2019s radar with one that can detect threats coming from any direction, the Army decided to hold a competition for a brand-new 360-degree, lower-tier AMD sensor in early 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Replacing the radar becomes evermore critical as the Army looks at dealing with different threats: ones that fly slower, faster or maneuver differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Army\u2019s Air and Missile Defense Cross-Functional Team<\/a> lead, Brig. Gen. Randall McIntire, the service is trying to move quickly to procure a radar more capable than the current one; any future radar must fit into the future Integrated Air and Missile Defense framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AMD CFT is part of the Army\u2019s new four-star organization \u2014 Army Futures Command \u2014 tasked to get after the service\u2019s top six modernization priorities. AMD is fifth on that list ahead of soldier lethality and behind the network. Each priority has an assigned CFT to manage modernization efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress has mandated that the Army by 2025 find a way to produce a 360-degree radar, accelerating the service\u2019s effort to bring something online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the service has an even greater drive, according to McIntire, and is working with industry to see what is in the realm of the possible if it were to bring a radar online sooner in terms of cost and technological capability, comparing what would be achievable in two years, three years and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\t