The Army has earmarked nearly $3 billion in its five-year spending plan for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, an investment that aims to forge a new package of capability improvements to fold into the first production batch of the Patriot radar replacement slated be operational at full-battalion strength with a first unit by 2029. LTAMDS prime contractor Raytheon Technologies, which announced this week delivery to White Sands Missile Range the first of six prototype radars to be...
