Army seeks support for Raytheon (Hughes GSG) Sentinel Radar

AN/MPQ-64F1 Improved Sentinel

C--Sentinel Engineering Contract - Federal Business Opportunities: Opportunities

This is a pre-solicitation sources sought announcement (SSA)/request for information (RFI) issued pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e). The USG, ACC-Redstone is conducting a market survey to understand industry interest in supporting the following efforts: Logistics and engineering/technical services to provide supportability of the Basic and Improved Sentinel Radar and Sentinel Derivatives to
include the Joint Elevated Netted Sensor Spiral I sensor element; Counter, Rockets, Artillery, and Mortars; and Homeland Defense. These services include material preparation for and execution of new equipment training; generation and verification of publication materials including interactive electronic technical manuals; contractor field
support; engineering services to support both system hardware and software; and on-call technical support for anomaly resolution, investigations, and incremental modifications and cost and supportability improvements.  

AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel is a three-dimensional radar used to alert and queue Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) weapons to the locations of hostile targets approaching their front line forces. The Sentinel radar is deployed with forward area air defense units of the U.S. Army and USMC. The radar uses an X-band range-gated, pulse-doppler system. The antenna uses phase-frequency electronic scanning technology, forming sharp 3D pencil beams covering large surveillance and track volume. The radar automatically acquires, tracks, classifies, identifies and reports targets, including cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, rotary and fixed-wing aircraft. It uses a high scan rate (30 RPM) and operates at a range of 40 km. The radar is designed with high resistance to electronic countermeasures (ECM). Mounted on a towed platform, it can be positioned remotely from the rest of the unit, operated autonomously and communicate with the Fire Distribution Center (FDC) via wideband fiber-optic link. It can also distribute its data over a SINCGARS radio network. Before acquisition by Raytheon, the Hughes Aircraft Co. developed the AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel radar at its Fullerton, California facility, and manufactures it at its Forest, Mississippi plant.

AN/MPQ-64F1 Improved Sentinel

The AN/MPQ-64F1 Improved Sentinel air defense radar automatically detects, tracks, identifies, classifies and reports airborne threats. More than 200 systems have been ordered worldwide, with more than 100 delivered or in production. Future enhancements currently in development include an 80 percent increase in the radar’s detection range.