Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training has won a $784 million contract to build a long-range discrimination radar (LRDR) that would identify incoming missile threats from the Pacific region, primarily North Korea, the Pentagon announced Oct. 21. The S-band radar is one of the pillars of the effort by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's director, Navy Vice Adm. James Syring, to dramatically improve the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, which serves as the primary U.S. territorial missile shield. Specifically, the radar would improve the MDA's ability to discriminate between missile warheads and decoys or other objects. Though intended primarily for missile defense, the LRDR also could contribute to the Air Force's space situ-ational awareness mission, defense and industry officials have said.
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