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thedrifter
04-18-07, 01:18 PM
Some Humvees to get all-in-one radar system
By John Hoellwarth - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Apr 18, 2007 13:03:58 EDT

Under a contract valued at more than $250 million, the Corps will equip 63 Humvees with a new all-in-one radar system that replaces five separate radar systems currently in use, according to a Navy Department release.

Northrop Grumman of Linthicum Heights, Md., was awarded the $256.6 million contract March 30 to develop, test and complete delivery of the Ground/Air Task Force Radars by 2016, according to the release.

The new Humvee radar system will allow Marines on the ground to support air traffic control missions, as well as perform short-range air defense and surveillance, counter-fire targeting missions, and friend or foe identification. It will also allow Marines to project decoy radar blips through the system’s “electronic counter-countermeasures capabilities,” according to the release.

Ellie