Defence: Radar

(asked on 3rd September 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2018 to Question 143866 on Defence: Radar, what the differences were between the procurement of the three Lockheed Martin long range air defence TPS-77 radars and the procurement of a replacement deployable long-range air defence radar in relation to compliance with EU procurement regulations.


Answered by
Stuart Andrew Portrait
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 11th September 2018

The TPS 77 Radars were funded by wind farm developers, who proposed them as the only globally available Air Defence Radar that had proven wind farm mitigation capabilities. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) therefore followed a Single Source Procurement process. Other radar manufacturers now claim to be able to provide this capability and the MOD is following a Competitive Procurement Process for the Deployable Radar Project. There is no difference between the two procurements in terms of compliance as both adhere to EU procurement regulations.

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