On December 16, Waltham, MA-based Raytheon Company announced that it will support and sustain the sensor and processor for the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System 2-A under a $217M U.S. Air Force IDIQ. Work will be performed through 2024.
ASARS-2A provides
the U-2 aircraft with long-range, high-resolution intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance capabilities over large areas, from as high as 70,000 feet
above Earth.
“With
ASARS-2A, the Air Force can detect ground targets day or night, no
matter the weather condition,” said Chad Pillsbury, director at
Raytheon Secure Sensor Solutions. “And, it’s reliable. The Air
Force just completed ASARS-2A’s 9,000th tactical
mission in Korea this year.”
The ASARS-2A sensor locates moving and stationary targets using its ground moving-target indicator and search and spot modes. Its on-board processing system delivers near-real time, precise target location data. This allows decision makers to respond quickly, rather than relying on ground stations to process the targeting data.
Source: Raytheon
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