MDA taps Lockheed to build new $1 billion Hawaii missile defense radar

By Jason Sherman / December 19, 2018 at 12:10 PM
The Missile Defense Agency has selected Lockheed Martin to build the Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii, a planned $1 billion improvement to the U.S. military's intercontinental ballistic missile defense architecture that will add a ground-based sensor on the archipelago state to better defend Hawaii against North Korean long-range rockets. On Dec. 18, MDA awarded Lockheed Martin a $585 million contract to design, develop and deliver the HDR-H for a yet-to-be identified site on Oahu. "The contractor will design, develop, and deliver the...

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