Yearlong delay hits operational test of Alaska-based missile defense radar

Yearlong delay hits operational test of Alaska-based missile defense radar
April 30
Clear Air Force Station’s $347 million Long Range Discrimination Radar complex is seen June 6, 2018. (John Budnik/U.S. Army)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force’s ballistic missile defense radar being installed at Clear Air Force Station, Alaska, won’t have its only operational flight test for another year, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report.
The Long Range Discrimination Radar was supposed to have its flight test in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 after two ground tests, but the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected the program overall, has resulted in the need to move the test back to the final quarter of fiscal 2022.

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