FULLERTON, Calif., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army is procuring 56 Improved Sentinel Battlefield Air Defense AN/MPQ-64 radars from ThalesRaytheonSystems.
The AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel radar is a three-dimensional, phased-array radar system that operates in the X-band frequency range. The primary mission is to automatically detect, track, identify and report airborne threats, including aircraft, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.