{"id":64867,"date":"2023-08-09T09:43:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T09:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/08\/09\/us-army-splits-testing-phase-of-future-missile-defense-radar\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:47:13","slug":"us-army-splits-testing-phase-of-future-missile-defense-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2023\/08\/09\/us-army-splits-testing-phase-of-future-missile-defense-radar\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army splits testing phase of future missile defense radar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HUNTSVILLE, Ala. \u2014 The U.S. Army has begun developmental testing of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/05\/02\/us-army-scrambles-to-keep-its-new-air-defense-radar-on-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\">future missile defense radar<\/a> in a new, two-phased approach, according to Brig. Gen. Frank Lozano, the service\u2019s program executive officer for missiles and space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2022\/10\/09\/us-army-on-track-to-field-24-systems-in-fy23-in-bid-for-a-modern-force\/\" target=\"_blank\">serve as the radar in the Army\u2019s future Integrated Air and Missile Defense system<\/a>. Congress mandated that the Army field an LTAMDS battalion of four sensors by December 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2019\/10\/17\/heres-who-will-build-the-armys-new-missile-defense-radar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Army awarded Raytheon, an RTX company, a contract to build LTAMDS prototypes<\/a> in 2019. But program officials have had to make some adjustments over the past few years in order to meet congressional requirements because of integration challenges and supply chain delays caused by COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has since made progress with the LTAMDS program, Lozano told Defense News in an interview at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium here. The service received the six required prototypes from Raytheon and completed contractor verification testing a few weeks ago, he said, adding, \u201cThat went very well.\u201d Five of the systems are at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and the sixth remains with Raytheon at its Andover, Mass., facility for testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service has now begun developmental testing, but will proceed in two waves, Lozano explained. The LTAMDS radar has three arrays; a main one and two in the back that give it the ability to see threats from 360 degrees. \u201cLast year, when I first came on board, through some system engineering reviews, we realized that trying to do all 360 degrees of tracking was too much to take on at once,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, the first year of testing will focus on the main array and the second year, in 2024, will be dedicated to full-sector capability testing, incorporating the back two arrays, Lozano said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to meet congressional requirements, the Army is providing the first four LTAMDS prototypes to the formation designated as the \u201cfirst unit equipped\u201d with primary sector capability by December 2023, Lozano said. That step will provide \u201cresidual combat capability\u201d that already \u201cexceeds legacy radar capability,\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the second phase of developmental testing is complete, the Army will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/training-sim\/2023\/03\/28\/us-army-plans-test-for-combining-new-air-defense-capabilities\/\" target=\"_blank\">conduct an operational assessment <\/a>in the first quarter of FY25 that will lead to an Engineering and Manufacturing Development decision in FY25, a preliminary step toward eventual serial production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/defending-the-pacific\/2023\/03\/17\/first-wave-of-tech-to-defend-guam-from-newer-threats-due-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\">required to field three additional LTAMDS for the defense of Guam<\/a>. 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