EID to unveil new vehicle communication system at DSEI
The Portuguese company’s naval communications system is in service across more than a dozen countries. It has turned to its home nation for support in developing a new vehicle based C2 system.
UAE gains more THAAD radar support from Raytheon
Raytheon is providing the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with one prime power unit and five years of support services for two Army/Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance and Control-Series 2 (AN/TPY-2) radars, the Missile Defense Agency announced on 25 September.
AN/TPY-2 functions as the ground-based radar for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, which the UAE ordered originally in 2011 as the first non-US customer for the technology.
Work on the $212.76 million FMS contract will be performed in Woburn, Massachusetts, from 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2025.
The AN/TPY-2 is a mobile, solid-state, phased-array X-band radar, that searches, detects, tracks and discriminates threats from non-threats, and then delivers data to the THAAD's fire control and communications element for engagement.
Shephard Defence Insight notes that the radar has two modes; one to detect ballistic missiles as they rise, and another that can guide interceptors toward a descending warhead.
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