Raytheon Completes Flight Tests of Precision Approach Radar
The flight testing, using FAA and U.S. Army aircraft, included demonstration of FBPAR performance features, including radar coverage, accuracy, resolution, detection and tracking.
FBPAR is a replacement system for aging Department of Defense (DOD) precision approach radars and uses Raytheon's AutoTrac 2000 System. The new FBPAR will be installed in permanent locations at Army airfields and is identical to the precision approach radar used in the Army's Air Traffic Navigation, Integration, and Coordination System (ATNAVICS).
ATNAVICS is mounted on two multi-purpose wheeled vehicles and two self-contained trailers and can be transported in a single C-130 aircraft. The system provides air traffic control services at Army airfields and tactical landing sites as well as civil disaster sites.
It is comprised of an S-band air surveillance radar, L-band secondary surveillance radar/identification friend or foe, an X-band precision approach radar, and Raytheon's AutoTrac air traffic management system. These systems provide surveillance from zero to 25 nautical miles and precision approach coverage up to 10 nautical miles in all weather conditions.
Raytheon's air traffic control programs are managed by its Command, Control Communication and Information (C3I) Systems business unit, Marlborough, MA.
Edited by David Robb