Range Radar Replacement Program (RRRP)

Abstract

In order to effect strategic overmatch on current and future battlefields, it is essential that the United States (U.S.) Army provide advanced radar system instrumentation for developmental testing. Since existing range radar instrumentation is aged beyond useful life and cannot adequately support emerging test requirements, the Range Radar Replacement Program (RRRP) recapitalizes and develops modern instrumentation radars to replace obsolete tracking and surveillance radars at U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command's (ATEC) activities, which include: Aberdeen Test Center (ATC), MD; White Sands Test Center (WSTC), NM; and Yuma Test Center (YTC), AZ. The project will deliver capability in two block increments: Block I will recapitalize or replace existing radar systems, and Block II will develop a Long Range Radar which is compliant with ATEC's Test Capability Requirements Document (TCRD). The acquisition of modern instrumentation radar systems will provide the Army with critical testing data essential for the development of next generation technology and advanced system capabilities. The RRRP provides the test centers with improved radar resolution, sensitivity, accuracy, clutter suppression, and reliability. The planned solution to meet program requirements consists of four primary items: Long Range Single Object Tracking Radars (SOTR), Long Range Multiple Object Tracking Radars (MOTR), Medium Range Radars (MRR), and Short Range Radars (SRR). The resulting systems will not only reduce operation and sustainment costs for the ranges, but will improve data collection, thus enhancing development of Army systems being tested at these ranges. The current fleet of instrumentation radars located at ATC, WSTC, and YTC has become antiquated to the extent that they are not able to support the test needs of the test centers. This Project will procure Modified Commercial Off-the-Shelf (MCOTS) radars for both the MRR and SRR solutions, and a combination of recapitalization and MCOTS replacement for the Long Range SOTRs. Also, the project will conduct Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) for upgrading three Long Range MOTRs.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2022
• Source ID: EY9_0604759A_6_2040_PB_2022

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• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology
• Radar Systems Engineering.