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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Raytheon to Continue Software Development for the AN/TPY-2 Radar

AN/TPY-2 radarThe Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Raytheon Company a $43 million contract modification to continue developing the common X-Band capability software and modeling and simulation capabilities for the AN/TPY-2 radar.

Raytheon's AN/TPY-2 radar provides a common mission capability: in terminal-based mode with the THAAD Fire Control Center in support of the THAAD weapon system, and in a forward-based mode with command, control, battle management and communications, enabling MDA's Ballistic Missile Defense System.

It is a phased array, capable of search, threat detection, classification, discrimination and precision tracking at extremely long ranges.

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