Missile Defense Agency’s new long-range radar steps toward full deployment
Breaking Defense - 2024-04-24T17:39:17.000Z

“The LRDR completed a Space Domain Awareness (SDA) data collect event in January 2024 that proved the SDA capability, and the U.S. Space Force and MDA are in the process of formally declaring LRDR ready for SDA early use in April 2024,” according to MDA Director Lt. Gen. Heath Collins.

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