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The Air Force Has Been Trying to Replace Its Radars Since 2008. Now, It's Starting Over
 
31 Jan 2020
Military.com | By Oriana Pawlyk

The U.S. Air Force has been trying to replace its radars since 2008. Now, after years of solicitations and lawsuits over contract awards, it has to start all over again.

The service started the solicitation process in 2008. In October 2014, Raytheon was selected to replace the Air Force's older radars -- the AN/TPS-75, or Tipsy 75, its principal ground-based sensors for long-range surveillance, detection and tracking of aerial targets.

Following years of bid protests from competitors Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin, with each company saying it had more affordable and capable solutions for the program, the program got off to a late start.

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