Lockheed Martin Tactical Reconnaissance Radar Completes Unmanned Aerial System Test Flights

Lockheed Martin’s Tactical Reconnaissance and Counter-Concealment-Enabled Radar, TRACER, has completed flight testing aboard a Predator B MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial System.

TRACER is a dual-band (UHF and VHF) synthetic-aperture radar capable of detecting and geo-locating objects that are buried, camouflaged or concealed under foliage.

Classified as a queuing sensor, TRACER processes images in real time, and can immediately down-link captured images to multiple ground stations.

Prior to the MQ-9 UAS flight testing, TRACER had successfully completed 100 test flights on manned platforms.

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