Raytheon Unveils New “GHOST EYE” Radar to Destroy High-Speed Cruise Missiles

Video Above: Video Report: New Raytheon Radar Destroys Maneuvering Cruise Missiles 

By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

Advanced countermeasures, maneuverable re-entry vehicles, electronic attack jamming and long-range, low-observable cruise missiles are all fast-evolving threats to the U.S. Army identified in a published report in 2019 called “Army Air & Missile Defense 2028 Vision.”

This threat equation, which has only become more significant and advanced in the two years since the Vision statement was published several years ago, could be seen as the fundamental basis for Army efforts to engineer a new generation of highly-sensitive, long-range, paradigm-changing ground radar systems. 

Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Radar

The Army answer, now called Ghost Eye by its maker Raytheon, is the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Radar (LTAMDS). Unlike the more linear directional configuration of the existing Patriot air and missile defense system, the Raytheon-built LTAMDS is engineered with overlapping 120-degree arrays intended to seamlessly track approaching threats using a 360-degree protection envelope.

“We are on track with what Congress has directed to deliver prototypes to the U.S. government by the end of 2023,” Maj. Gen. Brian Gibson, Director, Air and Missile Defense Cross Functional Team, Army Futures Command told The National Interest in an interview.