The Army has demonstrated a fighter radar in a ground counter-fire role.
Northrop Grumman's Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar, or HAMMR, based on an active electronically scanned array fighter radar, was demonstrated at a counter-rocket, artillery and mortar test at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
The trailer-mounted radar "successfully detected and identified Groups I and II unmanned aerial systems, providing real-time situational awareness to the operator," a Northrop Grumman news release said. "HAMMR also validated its ability to connect to the Army's Forward Area Air Defense command and control system, which enables the communication of information from the system back to the force."
"HAMMR is the only AESA radar out there today that can support our maneuver forces' on-the-move multi-mission operation," Roshan Roeder, Northrop Grumman's vice president of mission solutions, said. "Since HAMMR shares common hardware with our fighter aircraft radars, our customers realize the cost advantages of high-volume AESA production and benefit from the inherent reliability of this mature, proven technology."
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