Army searching industry for medium-range low-power radar systems to evaluate threat test range scenarios
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – U.S. Army radar experts are surveying industry for qualified radar vendors able to build as many as six prototype medium-range radar -- low power (MRR-LP) instrumentation radar systems to help evaluate critical test range scenarios in Arizona and New Mexico.
Officials of the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS) Search Track Acquire Radiate Eliminate (STARE) program office at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., issued a request for information (W9124P-25-S-RRRP-MRRLP) last week for the Instrumentation Radars In The Medium Range Radar-Low Power (MRR-LP) Configuration project.
Six radar prototypes
These six radar prototypes, which would be installed at White Sands Test Center (WSTC), N.M., and at Yuma Test Center (YTC), Ariz., are to support evaluation of critical range scenarios. Low-power medium-range radar prototypes should be at least as mature at Technology Readiness Level 5, which describes breadboard validation in a relevant environment.
From radar designers, the Army wants descriptions of efforts and progress made toward developing a radar system that is unclassified; operates in C-band; and is tunable between 5.4 and 5.9 GHz.
These low-power radar systems must initiate and maintain tracks independently on as many as 15 objects in a 30-degree field of view. The radar must be able to detect a 6-inch sphere in clear weather from 28 miles away with a 99 percent probability of detection with a low probability of false alarm.
The Army PEO MS develops and sustains defensive and offensive integrated fires capabilities for the joint all-domain battlespace, and is on the cutting edge of the Army’s long-range precision fires, air and missile defense, hypersonic, directed energy, counter-unmanned aerial systems, integrated fires mission command, and aviation and ground missiles modernization initiatives.
Long-range detection
Search Track Acquire Radiate Eliminate (STARE) is one of six project offices under PEO MS. The STARE mission is to develop and sustain advanced radar and sensor technologies for long-range detection, discrimination, tracking, and destruction of enemy crewed and uncrewed aircraft, missiles, and munitions. STARE also delivers cyber security, electronic countermeasure, and logistics for the controlled sale of radar and sensors to U.S. allies.
Companies interested should email responses no later than 28 March 2025 to the Army's Justin Nabity at [email protected] and Thomas Hibbett at [email protected], with W9124P-25-S-RRRP-MRRLP in the subject line.
Email questions or concerns to Justin Nabity at [email protected] and Thomas Hibbett at [email protected]. More information is online at https://sam.gov/opp/e4d461369c2f47febd6336f4872c108f/view.
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