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Raytheon Upgrades AN/TPY-2 Radar’s Computer Processor

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Monday, February 23rd, 2015

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Raytheon Upgrades AN/TPY-2 Radar’s Computer Processor

Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance Control Model-2 (AN/TPY-2) Radar. (Photo: Raytheon)

Raytheon [RTN] upgraded the computer processor of the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense (BMD) radar, which the company said would enable the system to perform better during raids and more quickly and accurately discriminate between threats and non-threats.Dave Gulla, Raytheon vice president of global integrated sensors, said in a press release the state-of-the-art, commercially-available upgraded processor has five-times the processing power as the previous system. The new processor also weighs less, requires less power and occupies less space than the older…

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