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Northrop Grumman to provide full-rate production G/ATOR radar systems

Air June 14, 2019

The US Marine Corps has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract worth $958 million for Lot 6 full-rate production of the Gallium Nitride-based (GaN) AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) systems.

This contract provides an additional 30 units.  The program is managed by Program Executive Officer Land Systems.

G/ATOR replaces five legacy systems operated by the Marine Corps with a single system, providing significant improvements in performance when compared to the legacy radar families in each of its modes. This results in reduced training, logistics and maintenance costs.

The AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR is an advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) multi-mission radar that leverages GaN to provide comprehensive real time, full-sector, 360-degree situational awareness against a broad array of threats. The highly expeditionary, three-dimensional, short-to-medium-range multi-role radar system is designed to detect, identify, and track cruise missiles, manned aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles as well as rockets, mortars and artillery fire.

Christine Harbison, Vice President, Land and Avionics C4ISR, Northrop Grumman, said: “Northrop Grumman and the Marine Corps have successfully partnered to create a best of ground and airborne radar solution that exceeds the current threat on the modern battlefield.

“G/ATOR is a crucial capability that protects our warfighters and defends against today’s threat environment and the threat environment of the future.

We are excited to reach the full-rate production decision and continue providing advanced multi-mission functionality that meets our customer’s mission needs, protects the warfighter in a rapidly changing threat environment, and has significant margin for capability growth.”

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Post written by: Matt Brown