In today’s rapidly evolving security landscape, with its unconventional battlefields and irregular warfare, our soldiers need to quickly locate and neutralize mortar, artillery and rocket threats. The Lockheed Martin team is meeting this challenge with accelerated production and delivery of the Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar, or EQ-36.
EQ-36 radars will detect, classify, track and determine the location of enemy indirect fire such as mortars, artillery and rockets in either 360 or 90-degree modes.
These systems will replace the aging AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37 medium-range radars now in the Army’s inventory.
Mounted on its 5-ton prime mover, the EQ-36 radar can be rapidly deployed and integrated into the tactical battlefield with heavy, medium and light forces. The EQ-36 Radar System is mobile, maneuverable, fully supportable and easily maintained. The Mission Essential Group contains the radar antenna and the power generator; while the Sustainment Group configuration incorporates an operations control shelter and backup power generator.
Adapting to mission requirements, soldiers can operate the EQ-36 remotely using a laptop computer, or from the fully equipped climate-controlled shelter. The radar’s on-board software enables it to interface directly with the Army Battle Command Systems. The EQ-36 is also IFPC (Indirect Fire Protection Capability) compatible in countering rocket, artillery, and mortar attacks.
Compared to currently deployed systems, the new, range-proven, battle-ready EQ-36 offers enhanced performance capabilities, including greater mobility, increased reliability and supportability, a lower life-cycle cost, reduced crew size, and the ability to track targets in a full-spectrum environment, a vital capability on today’s battlefield.
The EQ-36 is the right system at the right time for immediate irregular warfare and future major combat operations.
EQ-36 will provide full spectrum protection for our warfighters in the field.
EQ-36. It’s about the soldier.
Interest from international parties in the EQ-36 can be supported by Lockheed Martin with Public Domain briefings, and we will be happy to provide assistance in making further requests for information through the Foreign Military Sales channel.
