ITT Corp. [ITT] said June 25 it has signed a $44.9 million contract with the Swedish Defence Material Administration, FMV, for the Reliability and Modification (REMO) upgrade of their PS-870 coastal/gapfiller radar systems.
The REMO 870 program contract, signed May 30, will upgrade the radars with state-of-the-art processing, transmitter, antenna and display technologies using commercial-off-the- shelf equipment, resulting in improved reliability and autonomous operation.
This work is a key component in modernizing Sweden’s national air defense program.
Additional options could bring the total contract value to greater than $58 million. This contract award follows a very successful series of earlier contracts, valued at more than $2 million, that provided FMV with the systems engineering design requirements for the upgraded radar system.
The work will be done at ITT Electronic Systems, Radar Systems in Van Nuys, Calif.
The PS-870 radar system, first delivered to Sweden in the 1980s, is a key component in modernizing their national air defense program. The PS-870, known commercially as the LCR (Land-based Coastal Radar) is a coastal/gapfiller radar system that automatically detects and tracks both surface and airborne targets in difficult clutter environments.
ITT Electronic Systems Division President Chris Bernhardt said, “This is a key program for both ITT and FMV; it provides FMV with key technology upgrades to further strengthen their air defense networks and represents a launch customer for ITT’s new LCR2020 coastal/gapfiller radar systems.”