ITT to modernize Sweden’s air defense radar

Oct. 1, 2008
Officials at the Swedish Defence Material Administration, FMV, in modernizing Sweden’s national air defense program, recognized the need to upgrade its PS-870 coastal/gapfiller radar systems.

Officials at the Swedish Defence Material Administration, FMV, in modernizing Sweden’s national air defense program, recognized the need to upgrade its PS-870 coastal/gapfiller radar systems. To do so, they turned to engineers at ITT Corp. in White Plains, N.Y.

ITT won a $44.9 million contract for the Reliability and Modification (REMO) 870 program, which calls for upgrading PS-870 radars with state-of-the-art processing, transmitter, antenna, and display technologies. The PS-870, known commercially as the Land-based Coastal Radar (LCR), is a coastal/gapfiller radar system that automatically detects and tracks surface and airborne targets in difficult clutter environments.

The update is to be accomplished using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment and result in improved reliability and autonomous operation. If all options are exercised, the total contract value could reach more than $58 million.

Engineers will perform the work at ITT Electronic Systems, Radar Systems in Van Nuys, Calif.

For more information, visit ITT Corp. online at www.itt.com.

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