Army partners with Lockheed on Q-53 test to counter drones

By Dan Schere / November 4, 2022 at 9:53 AM
The Army is partnering with Lockheed Martin in equipping some of the service's Q-53 radars with counter unmanned aerial system capabilities. The company announced late last month that it had conducted a test of the system in Yuma, AZ. Lockheed Martin developed the Q-53 system 15 years ago as a counterfire radar that monitors mortar, artillery and rocket systems. It is part of the counter-rocket, artillery, mortar (C-RAM) systems of systems, and provides information to Forward Area Air Defense Command...

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