Raytheon is to develop a prototype High Power Discriminator (HPD) radar for the US Navy. Initial funding is $7.4 million. The HPD is a ship-based X-Band active-array radar providing long-range detection, tracking and discrimination of theatre ballistic missiles (TBMs) as an adjunct to the AEGIS weapon system. It is being considered to reduce risk in the Navy Theatre Wide anti-TBM programme. If fully funded, the prototype radar will be tested at a land-based site and at sea under the four-year $118 million contract.
Source: Flight International