LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT, Pa. -- Letterkenny Army Depot and Missile Defense Agency came together March 13 for a ceremonial ribbon cutting signifying their first direct partnership with the Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance Electronic Equipment Unit.
“I am glad this day has finally arrived,” Col. Kenny Johnson, MDA program manager for Sensors X-Band Radars, said. “We’ve had a long partnership since 2015 and in that time we’ve modernized four EEUs that have helped us defend our country.”
This will be the first electronic equipment unit managed solely by the depot in its entirety – a significant program accomplishment within the partnership and the Organic Industrial Base.
The AN/TPY-2 is an element in the Ballistic Missile Defense System, continually searching the sky for ballistic missiles. Once a missile is detected, the AN/TPY-2 acquires and tracks it, utilizing the radar and complex computer algorithms to discriminate between the warhead and non-threats such as countermeasures.
When the AN/TPY-2 radar is deployed in terminal mode, the radar’s job is to detect, acquire, track and discriminate ballistic missiles in the terminal (descent) phase of flight. The terminal-mode AN/TPY-2 also leads the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense ballistic missile defense system by guiding the THAAD missile to intercept a threat.
Johnson recognized the Letterkenny workforce for helping to modernize MDA sites in four countries as well as the depots efficiencies resulting in significant savings for the program.
The building in which the ceremony took place was modernized by MDA as a testament of its commitment and partnering into the future, which will include work on component parts in addition to the current major end item workload.
“Our 76 year proud history has supported many programs,” Letterkenny Commander Col. Stephen Ledbetter said. “This is another extension of our proud legacy and we look forward to the expansion partnership within the MDA community.”
Ledbetter also noted the rapid receiving of this latest EEU, which was transported from theater and delivered via air just 40 miles from the depot in Martinsburg, West Virginia. “This added benefit of LEAD’s central location gets high priority equipment in and out of the shops quickly and reduces cost and time, dramatically improving repair cycle time.”
| Date Taken: | 03.13.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 04.17.2019 15:07 |
| Story ID: | 318550 |
| Location: | CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, US |
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