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Korean firms have been tapped to support the prime’s next-generation attack radar development program.
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has signed co-operative agreements with Korean aerospace firms LIG Nex1 and Huneed, as part of its work to develop its Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System – Korea (JSTARS-K) offering.
The program is expected to deliver airborne battle management command and control (BMC2) capability to the Republic of Korea under the Joint Moving Target Surveillance and Control Aircraft (JMTSCA) project.
Northrop Grumman has been tasked with leveraging its technology, software, prime systems integration, advanced sensors and mission domain capability to deliver a low-risk BMC2 capability.
“Northrop Grumman has more than 30 years of leadership in advanced airborne BMC2 capability and mission expertise; we have continued to develop and deliver new technologies to outpace evolving threats,” Janice Zilch, vice president, multi-domain command and control programs, Northrop Grumman, said.
“With these co-operative agreements, we will deliver industry-leading capability powered with local content and talent to the Republic of Korea.”
Northrop Grumman’s JSTARS is deployed by the US Air Force and has provided air-to-ground battle management C2 and surveillance operations to US combatant commands for more than 25 years.
The system is used in military operations, disaster relief, peacekeeping and counter-drug missions.
JSTARS combines wide-area moving target detection with synthetic aperture radar imagery to locate, classify and track targets in varying weather conditions from standoff distances.
The system has flown more than 130,000 combat hours since 2001, supporting a number of global operations, including Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria.
