The US Missile Defense Agency has awarded defense company Lockheed Martin a $ 585 m grant to develop a ballistic missile defence system in Hawaii . The Homeland Defense Radar - Hawaii will be based in Oahu and provide Hawaii 's long - range surveillance capabilities to offer autonomous acquisition and persistent precision tracking and discrimination . The system is set to operate between December 2018 and December 2020 .
The US Missile Defense Agency has awarded aerospace company Lockheed Martin a $585m contract to develop a ballistic missile defence system in Hawaii. The Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii will be based in Oahu and use Lockheed's long-range discrimination radar to offer autonomous acquisition and persistent precision tracking and discrimination. The system is set to operate between December 2018 and December 2023.