Lockheed Martin announced yesterday that the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) hit a major milestone passing the preliminary design review phase. The relevant contract, with a value of $784 million, has been inked in October 2015 and the radar is epected to be operational by 2020 in Alaska. Developed for support of the ballistic missile defense system, primarily for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, LRDR is a gallium nitride-based, solid-state active electronically scanned array radar.
211216-N-QI061-1222 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (December 16, 2021) An MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19), sits on the flight line at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Dec. 16, 2021. VUP-19, the Navy’s first Triton squadron, will continue to maintain and operate the aircraft off the East Coast to further develop the concept of operations and refine tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan T. Beard/ Released)