WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Saab has received an $18.6 million contract to provide supporting AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar components for the U.S. Marine Corps.
The contract supports the development of the first ground-based multimission active electronically scanned array radar by the U.S. Department of Defense. Once completed, the radars will be used for air defense, ground weapon locating, and air traffic control missions.