Marine Corps Orders 30 G/ATORs from Northrop Grumman

ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded a
contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. in Baltimore for full-rate
production of the TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR).

According to a June 7 Department of Defense release, the
Marine Corps Systems Command awarded to Northrop Grumman a $958 million contract
for the purchase of 30 full-rate production G/ATORs plus spare parts and
retrofit kits.

The Marine Corps plans to procure a total of 45 G/ATOR
units.

The TPS-80 is a three-dimensional,
expeditionary, short/medium-range, multirole radar capable of detecting
low-observable, low-radar-cross-section targets such as rockets, artillery,
mortars, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial systems.

G/ATOR is being developed and
fielded in three blocks and will be used by Marine Air-Ground Task Force across
a range of its capabilities. The capability blocks will cover air combat element
and ground combat element missions, replacing three in-service legacy radars
and the functionality of two systems already retired.

The Program Executive Officer Land Systems in Quantico,
Virginia, is the portfolio manager of the G/ATOR program.