US military buys new brains for its radar systems

The US military awarded Lockheed Martin a $99 million contract to upgrade its radar data processors. This means the systems that interpret raw radar signals will get new computing hardware and software.

Military radar systems are often decades old, running on outdated hardware and software. This contract is not about buying new radars, but about replacing the 'brains' that make sense of the incoming data. Better processors can track more targets, filter out more clutter, and identify threats faster and more accurately.