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Monday, August 09, 2010

Lockheed Martin sends Navy new early warning radar system built in Salina

E-2D Advanced HawkeyeAfter eight years of development, the first of Lockheed Martin’s newest airborne early warning radar systems — developed and built in Salina — was delivered last week to the Navy in Norfolk, Va.

The delivery introduces a new generation of technology that Lockheed expects will evolve for the next 20 years, said Doug Reep, director of Lockheed’s Airborne Early Warning Radar unit in Salina.

Lockheed’s first production contract for four radar units is worth $171 million. The Navy plans to buy at least 75 airborne early warning radar systems. More airborne radar systems are expected to be sold to foreign countries through the Navy, Reep said.

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