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Saturday, September 01, 2012

ThalesRaytheonSystems awarded $44.9 million contract by US Army to upgrade Firefinder Radars

AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radar |ThalesRaytheonSystems has been awarded a $44.9 million contract by the U.S. Army to upgrade the Receiver Exciter (REX) in the Improved AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radar.

The enhanced REX is part of the U.S. Army’s program to further improve the AN/TPQ-37’s performance, maintainability and reliability, while extending the service life of these long-range counter-battery systems.

REX Modification Kits and spares are scheduled to be delivered to the U.S. Army mid-2013. The REX unit performs two critical radar functions: It produces the signal transmitted from the radar antenna and conditions the received signal for processing within the radar’s computer system.

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