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Raytheon Wins LADAR Contract for Improving Missile Interceptors

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TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 6 -- Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $38.6 million US Army contract to develop the laser radar (LADAR) technology base for the next generation of interceptors for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. Under the Army's advanced discriminating LADAR technology (ADLT) program, Raytheon is developing a range-resolved, Doppler imaging LADAR sensor to enhance the ground-based midcourse defense segment's exoatmospheric kill vehicle with additional discrimination capability. The ADLT LADAR system uses an ultrastable laser transmitter to interrogate targets much like a radar...Read full article

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