The US Armed Forces began testing under the LTAMDS program to create a promising ground-based multifunctional missile defense radar
The US Army began conducting the first tests of missile defense (ABM) radar systems. This was stated by Brigadier General Frank Lozano, responsible for the implementation of the LTAMDS program to create a promising ground-based multifunctional radar station (RLS) for missile defense.
LTAMDS will serve as a radar for an integrated air defense and missile defense system aimed at boosting the power of legacy surface-to-air missile defense systems. By decision of Congress, by the end of this year, the US Army will include a battalion consisting of 4 radar stations.
It is worth noting that the American military-industrial company Raytheon was selected as the contractor for the development of the LTAMDS prototype in 2019.
As Lozano said, LTAMDS is equipped with three sensors, two of which are circular. They allow the system to respond to threats in time, identifying them in a 360-degree range.
Thus, only after successful testing of the above radars, which are expected to replace the radars of the Patriot air defense system, it will be possible to talk about the establishment of their mass production. This will not happen before 2025.
The other 3 radars will be designed to protect Guam, the largest military base of the United States in the Pacific Ocean (the island itself is not part of the country, but is its colonial possession), as told by Assistant Secretary of the US Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Douglas (Doug ) Bush.
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