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Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded US$7 million (AU$10.8 million) to advance development and assessment of the company’s GhostEye MR radar, an advanced medium-range sensor for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS).
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Funding consists of a contract from the US Air Force Research Lab’s Strategic Developmental Planning & Experimentation (SDPE) office and the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Rapid Prototyping Program (RPP).
The contract represents the first government contracts for GhostEye MR, a multi-mission radar designed and developed by Raytheon via internal research and development investments.
Tom Laliberty, president of Land & Air Defense Systems at Raytheon, said, “This government support confirms the growing relevance and demand for the capabilities of GhostEye MR, as nations around the globe look to bolster their air defense.”
Funding will support continued radar development and then an operational assessment at White Sands Missile Range later this year.
“Partnering with DOD, Air Force, and Kongsberg, we will showcase the sensor’s range of capabilities against a multitude of emerging threats,” Laliberty added.
The experiment at White Sands will assess the operational performance of GhostEye MR, with the radar providing effective surveillance cues and integrating with the combat-proven NASAMS air defence system.
This follows the SDPE office’s successful air base air defence experiment in Andøya, Norway, last September, which showcased NASAMS’ ability to engage and intercept various advanced aerial threats using multiple Raytheon missile types and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace’s Fire Distribution Center, or FDC.
The operational assessment in September will build upon the capabilities demonstrated in Andøya by utilising the US Air Force’s relevant command and control to link GhostEye MR with NASAMS’ FDC.
A member of the GhostEye family of sensors, GhostEye MR is an advanced medium-range multi-mission radar for NASAMS. Raytheon’s GhostEye radar, introduced in 2021, provides increased range and altitude coverage to expand the defended-area capabilities of NASAMS.
Additionally, GhostEye MR leverages commonality with the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) that Raytheon is currently building for the US Army.
