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U.S. Army To Purchase Seven More Q-53 Radar Systems

Monday, October 19th, 2015

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U.S. Army To Purchase Seven More Q-53 Radar Systems

The AN/TPQ-53 Radar System. (Photo: Lockheed Martin.)

The Army said it will buy seven more Lockheed Martin [LMT] AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) Radar Systems for $85 million, the company said Monday.The Q-53 is a solid-state phased array counterfire target acquisition radar that detects, classifies, tracks, and determines the location of enemy indirect fire, the company said in the product description website. The system is mounted on a five-ton truck that can be rapidly deployed, automatically leveled, and remotely operated at 90 or 360-degreees with a laptop computer or from…

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