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Report: Air Force Could Award Long-Range Radar Contract Next Week

Report: Air Force Could Award Long-Range Radar Contract Next Week - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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LockheedMEADSradarThe Air Force could unveil the winner of a contract to build the branch’s long-range radar system as soon as next week, Reuters reported Wednesday.

Andrea Shalal writes Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall has approved the service’s Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar procurement plan.

Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon are all vying for the contract.

The ground-based 3DELLR platform would replace the existing TPS-75 radar that Air Force uses to detect and track aircraft and missile threats, according to Reuters.

Shalal reports the branch will award an initial contract covering development and low-rate production work and then issue additional manufacturing orders.

Contractors see a potential to offer the 3D long-range radar technology to U.S.’ partner nations, according to Shalal’s article.

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Written by Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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