Crane A&E Supporting U.S. Military's Next Generation Radar Solutions
Crane A&E Supporting U.S. Military's Next Generation Radar Solutions
As warfare technology evolves, it’s imperative the U.S. military stays
out in front and implements cutting edge systems to best ensure our soldiers’ safety.
The U.S. Army is evaluating new missile defense radar, and Crane Aerospace & Electronics is playing a key role in the evaluation.
Crane is honored to be a key part of the Raytheon team showcasing our state-of-the-art technology on such a large scale
In May 2019, Raytheon — a technology company specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions — completed a technical testing of the U.S. Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS). Crane A&E partnered with Raytheon to provide state-of-the-art power solutions for Raytheon’s LTAMDS.
The radar was tested during a two-week sense-off at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The sense-off put Raytheon’s LTAMDS solution through a series of challenging scenarios.
Those situations included demonstrating the warfighter’s key mission capabilities, validating maturity of the Raytheon LTAMDS’s design, successfully acquiring and tracking a variety of threat-representative targets and showcasing the advanced capabilities of Raytheon’s solution.
The LTAMDS sense-off was an initiative aimed to accelerate fielding of the Army’s Patriot radar modernization program, which intends to deliver a capability as soon as 2022.
“A key part of the U.S. Army’s modernization renaissance is providing soldiers a new missile defense radar that can be fielded as quickly as possible, and Crane is honored to be a key part of the Raytheon team showcasing our state-of-the-art technology on such a large scale,” said Steve Warsheski, Director of Business Development at Crane Aerospace & Electronics. “Our highly-skilled employees are dedicated to helping Raytheon provide a new, advanced capability radar on cost and on schedule.”
Raytheon submitted its proposed solution on July 16, and the company noted Crane’s contribution.
“Our industrial partners contribute the unique technology and capabilities necessary to ensure our LTAMDS solution supports service members,” said Doug Burgess, Raytheon’s LTAMDS Program Director, in an article posted to Raytheon’s website.