Army procures seven more Q-53 counterfire radar systems from Lockheed Martin
NewsOctober 30, 2015
SYRACUSE, N.Y. U.S. Army officials announced that it will procure another seven AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) counterfire target acquisition radar systems valued at $85 million from Lockheed Martin.
The company was also chosen this summer to upgrade 19 of the U.S. Army's Q-53 radars. The hardware and software continues to evolve to accommodate technical advances in capabilities and address changing global threats. The Q-53 may be automatically leveled and remotely operated at 90- or 360-degrees and operated from a laptop computer or from the climate-controlled command vehicle.
To read more on the Q-53, read "Next-gen radars: Seeing through the clutter."
Since Lockheed Martin won the initial development contract for the Q-53 radar in 2007, the company has won four more contracts (for a total of 97) and delivered 55 systems to the U.S. Army. Work on the radars happens at Lockheed Martin facilities in Syracuse, N.Y., Moorestown, N.J., Owego, N.Y., and Clearwater, Fla. The Army is expected to award a full-rate production contract by early 2016, covering an anticipated 77 additional systems.
For more information on Lockheed Martin counterfire radar systems, visit www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/tpq53.html.
