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Long Range Discrimination Radar

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The Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) that is planned for operational service in Alaska in 2020 is part of the United States's Ground-Based Midcourse Defense anti-ballistic missile system. The main contractor is Lockheed Martin, under a US$784 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency in October 2015.

LDLR is a Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based, solid-state Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar.

Construction in Alaska for the LDLR is scheduled to begin in 2019, tentatively at Clear Air Force Station in central Alaska.

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Long Range Discrimination Radar Wikipedia