AN/TPQ-53 counter-battery radar demonstrates UAV detection capability

Lockheed Martin’s AN/TPQ-53 counter-battery radar has proven that besides detecting incoming artillery and rocket fire, the active electronically scanned array radar system can be used to detect unmanned aerial vehicles as well.

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A test was successfully carried out as part of the U.S. Army’s Maneuver and Fires Integration Experiment (MFIX) at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.