Army got back some LTAMDS funding in CR, but will have to wait on buying two prototypes

By Dan Schere / March 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor program won’t experience quite as steep a cut under the recently-passed continuing resolution, compared with congressional appropriators’ original marks. But the service still won’t be able to purchase two of the four prototype radars it had planned to procure in fiscal year 2025, the program executive officer says. In its FY-25 request, the Army had included $516 million in procurement funding for LTAMDS -- a 360-degree radar system...

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