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SYRACUSE, N.Y., 27 Oct. 2009. U.S. Army officials needed radar systems technology not only able to detect mortar rounds in the air, but also to plot the mortar's firing position such that fighting forces can direct counter-battery fire at the mortar tube before the mortar round even hits its target.
They found their solution from radar system specialist SRCTec in Syracuse, N.Y. SRCTec won a $15.4 million contract from the Army Communications-Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth, N.J., to provide 14 Lightweight Counter-Mortar Radar (V)3 systems, better known as the LCMR.
This is the first production order for the (V)3 variant of the LCMR system, which works better than previous iterations, company officials say. SRCTec has built and delivered more than 500 LCMR systems to the Army.
The LCMR system detects and locates mortar shells and mortar firing tubes with 360 degree coverage. It can automatically detect and locate mortar firing positions by detecting and tracking the mortar shell and then backtracking to the weapon position.
Work will be at SRCTec's North Syracuse headquarters and should be finished next fall. For more information contact SRCTec online at www.srctecinc.com.
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