Lockheed wins $800M contract for radar at Clear

 Clear Air Force Station. (Public domain photo by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Clear Air Force Station. (Public domain photo by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a contract of nearly $800 million to Lockheed Martin to install a sophisticated radar system at Clear Air Station, in the Interior.

The system, called Long Range Discrimination Radar, is intended to support the ground-based missile defense capabilities of Fort Greely.

According to Alaska’s congressional delegation, Alaska can expect to see nearly $300 million in military construction from that contract, with much of the work taking place at a Lockheed facility in New Jersey.

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