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Friday, October 01, 2010

New Radar Development Continues for U.S. Navy

Arleigh Burke (Flight III) class guided missile Destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86)The three industry teams vying to create what could be the follow-on to the U.S. Navy's Aegis radar combat system received new technology development contracts Sept. 30 as the Pentagon rushed to dole out money before the end of the fiscal year.

Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon each received a contract to continue development of the new Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), a system the Navy hopes to install on different types of ships.

Northrop's award was for $120 million; Lockheed's, $119 million; Raytheon's, $112.3 million. The new contracts carry enough work for the next two years, or until September 2012.

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