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Lockheed Martin’s First TPY-4 Radar For Air Force Set To Begin 15 Months Of Open-Air Testing

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, April 27th, 2022

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Lockheed Martin’s First TPY-4 Radar For Air Force Set To Begin 15 Months Of Open-Air Testing

Lockheed Martin's TPY-4 radar in the anechoic chamber at the company's facility in Liverpool, NY near Syracuse. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Monday the company’s first TPY-4 radar, which the Air Force recently selected as its new long-range radar, will soon move to its Cazenovia, New York facility for 15 months of open-air testing. Along with the self-funded initial radar system, Lockheed Martin is now under contract to produce the first two TPY-4 radars for the Air Force’s Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) program to replace its legacy TPS-75 radar. During a recent media visit…

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