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Lockheed Martin to build radar- and infrared-guided missile defense interceptors in $304.9 million deal

From militaryaerospace.com May 20, 2022: "Missile defense experts at Lockheed Martin Corp. will build radar- and infrared-guided missile-defense rocket interceptors for the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to protect against incoming ballistic missiles under terms of a $304.9 million order announced in April... THAAD is a key element of the U.S. ballistic missile-defense system to defend the continental United States, its deployed forces, and allies against ballistic missiles of all ranges and in all phases of flight. THAAD consists of five major components: launchers,...

August 4, 2022By News, , , , , Comments OffRead more...

Nova Powers Lockheed’s New AN/TPQ-53 Counter-Fire Radar!

Military + Aerospace Electronics reports that "radar experts at Lockheed Martin Corp. are moving to full-scale production of the company's AN/TPQ-53 counter-fire radar to detect, classify, track, and pinpoint enemy drones and incoming artillery shells without posing a risk to nearby aircraft and military forces... The so-called Q-53 is a solid-state phased array radar that detects, classifies, tracks, and determines the location of enemy indirect fire weapons like rockets, artillery shells, and mortars in either 360- or 90-degree modes. This system...

May 3, 2022By News, Comments OffRead more...

Nova Electric’s UPSs Part of US Navy’s Successful ICBM Defense Test

Exciting news as recently reported by defensenews.com: “The U.S. Navy has shot down an intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean with an SM-3 Block IIA missile in a milestone test that demonstrated a potential scheme to defend Hawaii, the Missile Defense Agency announced Tuesday morning. The test, which comes on the heels of the revealing of a larger North Korean ICBM in October that could potentially strike the U.S. East Coast, is the first time the United States has shot down an ICBM with anything...

November 23, 2020By News, , , , , , , , Comments OffRead more...

US Navy’s EASR Project Completes Successful Testing!

The U.S. Navy recently completed the first system-level tests of SPY-6(V)2, the Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR,) at the Surface Combat Systems Center at Wallops Island, VA. EASR is the newest sensor in the Navy's SPY-6 family of radars, and provides simultaneous anti-air and anti-surface warfare, electronic protection, and air traffic control for aircraft carriers and amphibious warfare ships. A special militarized version of Nova Electric’s NERM-Series Modular Three-Phase True Online UPS System provides reliable backup power to critical electronics...

January 17, 2020By News, , , , , Comments OffRead more...