AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radars

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $1.59 billion contract to produce and deploy counterfire target acquisition radar systems for the U.S. Army. Work under the order dependent contract will run through March 29, 2022, and locations and funds will be provided with each order, the Defense ...

According to Col. John Rafferty, speaking to reporters at the Pentagon in July, the radar proved "exceptionally reliable” to his unit while they were deployed in Iraq. It replaces the aging AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37 medium-range radars the Army currently uses. The Q-53 mounts onto a five-ton truck, or prime ...

To date, Lockheed has won contracts for more than 100 radars and delivered more than 60 systems to the US Army, replacing the ageing AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37 medium-range radars. The army is expected to award a full-rate production contract this year, bringing the number of systems to more than ...

First fielded in 2010, the radars will replace the legacy AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radars. Because of the Q-53 radar's performance in its first IOT&E, the program office decided to postpone a full-rate production decision to November 2015, the report notesd. The second IOT&E used two radars ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., 7 Oct. 2015. Radar experts at Lockheed Martin Corp. will build and maintain AN/TPQ-53 radar systems for the U.S. Army to help protect deployed warfighters from rockets, mortar rounds, and artillery shells. Officials of the Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen ...

On July 22, The Wall Street Journal reported on a Pentagon plan to send Ukraine AN/TPQ-37 and 36 Firefinder radar systems, which have ranges from 15 to 31 miles. The White House has not yet decided on whether to approve the deal, according to the report, and the radar systems would probably not be ...

The AN/TPQ-37 has a maximum range of 31 miles. The AN/TPQ-36 radar is typically trailer mounted and towed by a Humvee, while AN/TPQ-37 is trailer-mounted and towed by a 2⅓-ton truck. The delivery is expected to take place not earlier than 2016, a pace Kiev authorities consider too slow.

ThalesRaytheonSystems won a $44.9 million contract to deliver AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radar modifications and spares to the Army through mid-2013. To date, more than 380 of the Firefinder radars — AN/TPQ-37 and AN/TPQ-36– have been delivered to the U.S. Army and 11 international customers.