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Lockheed Delivering Army’s Next Five Sentinel A4 Radars Soon, IOT&E To Start Early FY ‘25

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, November 7th, 2023

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Lockheed Delivering Army’s Next Five Sentinel A4 Radars Soon, IOT&E To Start Early FY ‘25

Sentinel A4. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. --Lockheed Martin [LMT] is set to begin delivering the next five Sentinel A4 radars to the Army in the coming weeks, which will be used for the program’s initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) phase starting in early fiscal year 2025. David Kenneweg, Lockheed Martin’s program director for multi-mission air defense radars, provided the update last week, which follows the Army’s award of a low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract for 19 more radars over the summer and as…

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