Lockheed Martin has received an Army contract for more counterfire radars.
Under the $1.6 billion order-dependent contract, Lockheed Martin will produce additional AN/TPQ-53 counterfire radars.
"Since Lockheed Martin won the development contract for the Q-53 radar in 2007, the company has won five additional contracts for a total of more than 100 radar systems, and 95 systems have been delivered to the Army," said a company news release. "With this full-rate production contract award, the Army's complement of Q-53 radar systems will total more than 170."
"What's so special about the Q-53 radar system is the inherent flexibility of its software controlled active electronically scanned array (AESA)," said Rick Herodes, director of Lockheed Martin's Q-53 radar program. "Our engineers can adjust the Q-53's software to address emerging threats. Having control in the software allows quick reaction to whatever comes next – so the first Q-53 radar system off the line could be quickly updated to be just as capable as the 170th Q-53 radar system."
The Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $28 million contract in November for "quick reaction capability to add counter-unmanned aerial system to the AN/TPQ-53 radar system" simultaneous with its core counterfire mission.
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