BRUSSELS - Under a new contract, Indra will supply two Lanza 3D long-range deployable air defense radars (LTR-25) to NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency). The amount of this contract, with an execution period of 38 months, stands at EUR22 million ($24.4 million), and includes options for a third radar and some optional equipment, which could raise the price to €36 million ($39.9 million).

The contract was signed on July 10 at the NCI Agency Headquarters in Brussels by the Agency General Manager, Koen Gijsbers, and Indra's General Manager Carlos Suárez.

The Lanza LTR-25s will act as the Deployable Air Defence Radar (DADR) component of NATO's Air Command and Control System (ACCS), one of the pillars of the NATO's Integrated Air and Missile Defence System (NATINAMDS) capability. Indra says that the NATINAMDS capability will, for the first time, unify management of all air operations, including planning and mission execution support.

The mobile LTR-25 radars will be fully integrated in NATO's Air Command and Control System, supplementing the existing static installations, reinforcing surveillance in areas of special interest, and providing greater capability for deploying international missions. They also will offer the capability to detect and monitor ballistic missiles.

Each LTR-25 unit is composed of a primary radar integrated with a secondary (IFF) radar, as well as operation and power generation shelters. The system has been designed to facilitate transportability and deployment in non-prepared sites, with the full setup fitting on board either a single Hercules C130-type transport aircraft or in two trucks.

The development of the deployable version of the Lanza 3D long range radar started in 2012 as part of a Pre-commercial Procurement Program of the Spanish Ministry of Defence with the support of the CDTI (Industrial Technology Development Centre). The LTR-25 represents the fifth generation of L-band Lanza radar family, providing a technological evolution that places it among - Indra says - the most advanced of its class, including Digital Beamforming, Direct Radio Frequency sampling, Monopulse Technique in Elevation & Azimuth, Anti-clutter Capabilities, state of the art signal processing, Ballistic Missile detection and tracking, and a design that reduces maintenance costs.

The company's Lanza 3D radars operate on five continents. Indra states a current order backlog of more than 20 units across the various models in the radar family (long-range, mobile in two versions, and naval).

Source: Indra