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Lockheed Martin Reveals Asars-3 Imaging Radar
Lockheed Martin is touting its Asars-3, its Ku-band imaging and ground moving target indicator radar, as a next-generation system for small air vehicle applications.
Lockheed Martin is touting its Asars-3, its Ku-band imaging and ground moving target indicator radar, as a next-generation system for small air vehicle applications.

Lockheed Martin has revealed details of its new Ku-band imaging and ground moving target indicator (GMTI) radar, describing it as a next-generation system for small air vehicle applications, manned or unmanned. Lockheed Martin’s Integrated Systems and Global Solutions (IS&GS) division has named it Asars-3, reflecting the company’s heritage as developer of the first advanced synthetic aperture radar system for the SR-71 Blackbird. Asars-2 was another X-band system, developed for the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft by Raytheon. A Lockheed Martin official told AIN that a version of Asars-3 could replace the Raytheon system on the U-2, if funding becomes available.