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Raytheon to open new radar testing plant
 by Stephen Carlson
 Washington (UPI) Aug 6, 2018

Army taps Mnemonics for remotely detonated explosive systems
Washington (UPI) Aug 6, 2018 - Mnemonics has received a $38.3 million contract from the U.S. Army for the Remote Activation Munition System M152/MK152.

Locations and work on the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, will be determined with each order, with the purchase program expected to be completed by August 2021.

RAMS is a radio-controlled system designed to remotely detonate demolition charges. RAMS provides the ability to detonate from a distance without direct wire detonation systems, allowing an improved stand-off capability.

The system has a transmitter and two receivers that initiate blasting caps and detonate C4 or other types of explosives.

The device allows for signals tests to ensure they are active through an automatic self-test that is built into each module. RAMS weigh slightly over three pounds, with a transmission range of over three miles.

Raytheon is opening a 30,000-square-foot, $72 million facility in Andover, Mass., for testing of current and future advanced radar systems.

The first major focus for the facility will be the AN/SPY-6 air-and-missile defense radar, Raytheon said on Monday.

"We built the new radar development facility with the future and our customers in mind," program manager Sarah Jennette said in a press release.

"This advanced manufacturing campus now has the ability to work from atoms all the way up to massive radar arrays,"Jennette said.

The facility will include two near field radars for testing, a 1.5 megawatt power substation, automated vehicles for logistics and robotic assembly units.

"From physical size, to power capabilities, to automated tech, we are building for the future of radar," Jennette said.

"As the next step in our advanced manufacturing roadmap, it follows on the heels of our recently announced $100 radar manufacturing plant to be built in Forest, Mississippi," according to Jeanette.


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Sea Giraffe radar selected for USNS Herschel 'Woody' Williams
 Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2018
 The U.S. Navy has selected Saab's Sea Giraffe AMB Multi Mode Radar for the Navy's Expeditionary Sea Base-class ship USNS Hershel "Woody" Williams. The selection, announced Wednesday by Saab, includes the company's 9LV Naval Combat System for radar control and display along with Identification Friend or Foe Systems. The system is already in use with the U.S. Coast Guard's Offshore Patrol Cutter as of last year. The MMR is a high power 3D electronically scanned phased array radar that can ... read more
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