Missile Defense Agency Takes Over LRDR Operations

The Long Range Discrimination Radar at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska.

Credit: Lockheed Martin
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has taken over operations of its new missile defense radar in Alaska, which is also tracking objects on orbit for the Space Force. The MDA recently completed the official handover of the Long-Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) at Clear Space Force Station in...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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