Date posted: 09/12/2007*

Raytheon’s Airborne Standoff Radar (ASTOR) program has met numerous goals this year, and the Sept. 12 briefing at DSEi provided a rundown of the program’s many successes.

The briefing emphasized the importance of the ASTOR ground segment as part of an integrated and interoperable air/land system. The ASTOR ground segment comprises eight ground stations, six for tactical purposes and two at the operational level. The Tactical Ground Stations are based on 20 Steyr 6x6 improved medium-mobility load carriers, while the two Operational Level Ground Stations consist of purpose-built transportable 20-foot ISO containers.

The briefing also highlighted ASTOR’s logistics and its sustained proven capability and interoperability with Joint-STARS, which is valuable in preparing for operation development in 2008.

Last week, ASTOR celebrated a new milestone: The British Army and Intelligence Corps 5(AC) Squadron organized its first international deployment to Texas. In June, Raytheon celebrated the presentation of the Squadron Standard to Number 5 (AC) Squadron, which will be operating the ASTOR system.

The ASTOR system provides highly effective 24-hour surveillance and target acquisition capability, delivering wide-area, all-weather surveillance and reconnaissance imagery in near-real time for national, theater and tactical headquarters.

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