BAE earns test-range radar deal

BAE has been awarded a $278.5 million contract to provide radar for test ranges.

The company will support the Instrumentation Radar Support Program, including "radar, telemetry, and optics systems for 28 test ranges across the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, NASA, and seven foreign governments," according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

Work is scheduled to be completed by December 2020.

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