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The article reports that Northrop Grumman Corp.'s testing of its Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) on its far field range will be completed in September 2012. Carl Herbermann, program director at Northrop Grumman, said that the company's AMDR technologies are ready for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase. AMDR is a next-generation radar system for the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke Class destroyers.

The article reports that General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.'s (GA-ASI) Lynx Multi-Mode Radar has been tested successfully during the U.S. Navy's Trident Warrior 2012. The radar has been designed to detect and image very small vessels like fast boats, sail boats and fishing boats using its Maritime Wide Area Search (MWAS) mode.

The article reports on a demonstration of the integration of real-time data from sensors into a Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP) by the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS), developed by Northrop Grumman Corp. It mentions the involvement of sensors from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, eight radars and nine composite network nodes in the demonstration. It states that IBCS is being developed for the Army Program Executive Office.

The article reports on the completion of the system functional review of Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) of the U.S. Marine Corps in 2007. The service is preparing for the preliminary design review of the radar in early 2008. According to the Navy, G/ATOR replaces five legacy systems and will be delivered with one hardware solution in four increments.

The article reports that in the year since the U.S. Navy began to recognize problems with the Cobra Judy Replacement radar program, the service has improved the way it tracks risks, renegotiated the contract with industry partners, and worked hard to keep cost growth from spiraling upward, said Anne Sandel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Integrated Warfare Systems (DASN IWS). Additionally, although the Cobra Judy has undergone a schedule realignment, slipping several months, it will still deliver in the 2012 time frame.

The article announces the plan of the U.S. Navy to enter into follow-on test and evaluation with the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar in September 2007. According to Captain Donald Gaddis, former F/A-18 program manager, the Navy will link AESA with the service's ALQ-214 advanced air-borne Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) system.

The article announces that the U.S. Navy has authorized full-rate production of Raytheon's APG-79 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar that is resident on the sea service's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II multirole fighter aircraft and EA-18G Growler electronic-attack platforms. According to Erv Grau of Raytheon's Tactical Airborne Systems business, moving into full rate production is a significant milestone for their APG-79 AESA radar program.

The article reports on the changes done to the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier fleet. The Ford will produce nearly three times the electrical power that the U.S. Navy has on Nimitz-class carriers. CVN-78 will also be outfitted with the dual band radar similar to DDG-1000. Electrical power also allows the carrier to have all electrical auxiliaries. It will enable the CVN-78 to have electrical motor driven pumps around the ship as opposed to steam driven.

This article reports that Lockheed Martin is looking to the next generation of radars beyond Aegis, while mindful of Navy concerns to reduce antenna weight and increase power. John Morse, director of Lockheed Martin Radar Systems business development, said there is going to be significant top side weight that is taken out. Morse said the active solid-state S-band radar is based on the Navy's S-band Volume Search Radar Production Antenna, but developed with Lockheed Martin funds.

The article reports on the start of the at-sea testing of the dual band radar system of the U.S. in January 2006. In line with the testing of the radar system, the military sector aims to develop software that would be helpful in its military operations. It also plans to launch several defense contracts during the year.