Firefinder

Abstract

This program funds design, development and test of primary target acquisition and counterfire radars to automatically detect, locate and classify hostile indirect fire weapons (mortars, artillery, and rockets). The program directly supports the prioritization, tracking and locating of targets, and dissemination of that information for simultaneous attack of multiple threats. It provides the Warfighter with continuous and responsive counterfire target acquisition systems for all types and phases of military operations. Project L86, Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar (LCMR), version AN/TPQ-50 provides 360 degrees of azimuth coverage from ranges of 500 meters to 10 kilometers. The AN/TPQ-50 radars are currently fielded to multiple Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) locations to include operational support to Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) and Operation Freedom Sentinel (OFS). Project L88, AN/TPQ-53 is a highly mobile radar system that will leverage the latest in technology design to accelerate technology infusion and increase range while improving False Alarm Rate, reducing obsolescence and increasing reliability. The AN/TPQ-53 provides a system with increased range and accuracy throughout a 90 degree search sector (stare mode) as well as 360 degree coverage (rotating) for locating mortar, artillery and rocket firing positions. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 funds of $9.235 million will support ongoing AN/TPQ-53 test efforts and Army interoperability certifications (AICs), AN/TPQ-50 and AN/TPQ-53 development and testing of pre-planned product improvement (P3I) efforts for electronic protection and new and emerging threats, and the performance of technical assessments, concept studies, risk reduction and required documentation. The FY 2017 funding request was reduced by $1.063 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
• Source ID: 0604823A_5_2040_PB_2017
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Human Systems
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Accuracy
• Acquisition
• Air Defense
• Command And Control
• Contracts
• Counter Rocket, Artillery, And Mortor
• Emerging Threats
• Force Protection
• Forward Areas
• Global Positioning Systems
• Military Operations
• Performance Tests
• Program Management
• Radar
• Target Acquisition
• Test And Evaluation
• United States

Readers

• Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Microelectronics
• Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems