NGC-built G/ATOR approved for early deployment

is also involved in the deal as a subcontractor through EuroSpike with Diehl Defense GmbH & Co. KG and Rheinmetall Defence Electronics GmbH. Spike is in operational use in over 29 countries, including many NATO countries, with over 29,000 missiles supplied. Approximately 5,000 Spike missiles have been fired in combat and in training. Spike has been integrated on more than 40 platforms, aerial, vehicular and naval, including from modern remote-controlled weapon stations.

The Northrop Grumman Corporation AN/TPS-80 Ground/ Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) has been approved for early fielding by the United States Marine Corps. This milestone follows delivery of the final Lot 1 and Lot 2 Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) G/ATOR system to the Marines. The USMC will field their first two systems by delivering them to Marine Air Control Squadrons 1 and 2 for operational use. Northrop Grumman has delivered six G/ ATOR systems with Gallium Arsenide technology to the Marine Corps in Lots 1 and 2. Beginning with Lot 3 deliveries and including all Full Rate Production systems, G/ATOR will incorporate high power, high efficiency Gallium Nitride (GaN) antenna technology “that can further enhance operational capabilities.”