Lockheed Martin is exhibiting its Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 (EQ-36) Counter-fire Target Acquisition Radar at AUSA 2011 following its successful employment by the US Army.
The company recently submitted a contract proposal for full-rate production of the EQ-36 as the new US Army radar to provide soldiers in combat with enhanced 360-degree protection from rockets, mortars and artillery.
The radar is expected to replace legacy AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37 medium-range radars currently in the US Army?s inventory. According to Lee Flake, Lockheed Martin?s Director Integrated Warfare Systems and Sensors, the original requirement was for up to 170 systems.
The radar was developed by