The US Missile Defense Agency has awarded aerospace company Oahu a $585m contract to develop a ballistic missile defence system in Hawaii. The Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii will be based in Lockheed Martin 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.
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.