Patriot Defense System Looks To The Future
Raytheon’s Patriot system has conducted around 1,000 flight tests in its history. At right, the new Modern Man Station from Raytheon enhances situational awareness for the Patriot operators. The U.S. Army has just ordered this upgrade.
Raytheon’s Patriot system has conducted around 1,000 flight tests in its history. At right, the new Modern Man Station from Raytheon enhances situational awareness for the Patriot operators. The U.S. Army has just ordered this upgrade.

Late last month Raytheon announced that it had received contracts worth $71.7 million to continue upgrading its Patriot air and missile defense system for the U.S. Army. The latest contracts, which add a modernized radar digital processor (RDP) and modern man station (MMS), highlight the continuous development that is being applied to the Patriot to keep it at the forefront of the air defense arena. The Patriot system has now conducted 2,500 search and track tests, and around 1,000 flight tests. The latest of these was a live-fire exercise undertaken last month in South Korea to demonstrate operational capability.

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