Raytheon has completed a further test for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS, using one of the radar’s secondary arrays to track and intercept a complex target. This follows the radar’s recent Milestone C designation, initiating the transition from prototype to production and deployment.
“In this test, LTAMDS, supported an Integrated Battle Command System and a PAC-3 MSE missile intercept of a threat representative target,” Raytheon said in an August 18 press release. “The test objective was to demonstrate LTAMDS’ successful integration with the recently delivered Large Tactical Power Source.”
The high capacity, full coverage provided by LTAMDS three radar arrays enable the defeat of large, coordinated attacks that include a mix of threats such as drones, advanced aircraft, as well as ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles. LTAMDS has now completed nine successful flight tests of increasing complexity.
In April 2025, the U.S. Army designated LTAMDS as an official programme of record. In 2024 Poland became the first international customer to add LTAMDS to its air and missile defence architecture. Raytheon says that “several more countries are actively planning to acquire” the system.
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