Wednesday, January 07, 2009

MP-RTIP

IOC: 2010
Total Program's Cost: USD$1.2 billion

Also Known As
E-10 Wide Area Surveillance Sensor
Global Hawk Block 40
Multi Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program

Origin
United States of America

Contractor/s
Northrop Grumman
Raytheon

Applications
E-10A
RQ-4B Global Hawk

Description: The Multi Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) is a modular, active electronically scanned array radar system that can be scaled in size for integration on manned and unmanned airborne platforms. The MP-RTIP radar system will enable US and coalition forces to better detect, identify and track both moving and stationary ground vehicles and low-flying aircraft and cruise missiles.

The US Air Force plans to install the MP-RTIP modular radar system on the RQ-4B Global Hawk UAV and the E-10A Multi-Sensor Command and Control Aircraft (MC2A). MP-RTIP flight testing installed on a real Global Hawk is planned to begin in 2006-2007 timeline.

On April 30, 2004, the US Air Force awarded Northrop-Grumman a System Development and Demonstration (SDD) contract worth $880 million. The contract included two MP-RTIP wide area surveillance full demonstration units for the E-10A aircraft, one demonstration unit with some special features upgradeable to a full configuration baseline radar, and three MP-RTIP Global Hawk radars. The MP-RTIP development completion has been scheduled for May 2010.

In May 2006, the US Air Force announced that the MP-RTIP radar demonstrator was undergoing flight testing aboard the Proteus high-altitude aircraft at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. The Proteus was testing the smaller version tailored for the Global Hawk UAV. This version is known as Global Hawk Block 40. The MP-RTIP larger version is known as the E-10 Wide Area Surveillance Sensor and is being developed for the E-10 ground surveillance aircraft. Global Hawk Block 40 sensor testing was scheduled to start in September 2006 and last for over a year. The first Global Hawk equipped with the MP-RTIP is scheduled to roll off the production line by 2011.

News
MP-RTIP Selected as an Alternative for E-8C Joint STARS Aircraft Radar Modernization Program

US Air Force Awards Production Contract for Block 30/40 Global Hawks

Northrop Grumman Receives Contract for Global Hawk MP-RTIP Sensors

Northrop Grumman Marketing MP-RTIP Radar Enhancement for E-8C Joint STARS

Department of Defense Releases Selected Acquisition Reports

US Air Force Awards Northrop Grumman $287 Million Contract for Global Hawk

Northrop Grumman Acts On Air Force Decision to End E-10A Program

MP-RTIP Radar Technology Enters Flight Testing on Proteus

Northrop-Grumman Receives $232 Million for E-10A Program

Operators

United States of America

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IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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