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US Begins Installing `Mighty' Over-The-Horizon Radar In Palau That Can Detect
Objects Thousands of KMs Away!

  By [24]Ashish Dangwal
  December 31, 2022

  The United States has begun work on the deployment of a new long-range
  over-the-horizon radar system for the United States Air Force, which
  will be placed on the Pacific island of Palau.

  The sensor station, known as the Tactical Mobile Over-the-Horizon
  Radar, or TACMOR, will be set up on the highly strategic island of
  Palau. The sensor station intends to improve the situational awareness
  of US and allied forces operating in the region in the air and maritime
  domain.

  The Department of Defense [25]announced on December 28 that it had
  granted Gilbane's Federal business a $118.4 million contract to develop
  the structural foundation of a new US Air Force radar station to be
  built in the Republic of Palau.

  Gilbane Federal will build reinforced concrete pads and other
  foundational components as part of the firm-fixed-price contract to set
  up the Tactical Mobile Over-the-Horizon Radar system, the Department of
  Defense said.

  The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific acts as the
  contracting activity for what is known as the TACMOR infrastructure
  project. The work is anticipated to be finished by June 2026.

  According to a solicitation [26]notice issued in May, the project
  involves the development of utilities to support transmission and
  receiver antennas for research purposes. The contract excludes TACMOR
  equipment, which includes the research antenna suite, calibration
  devices, and a marine surveillance platform.
  The Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar system is operated out of
  Virginia's Navy Operations Control Center. Photo courtesy of Raytheon

  Over-the-horizon (OTH) radars are radar systems that can locate highly
  distant targets beyond the range limit of conventional radars.

  They operate in the HF frequency band of 5 to 30 MHz and can detect
  objects hundreds to thousands of kilometers away. These radars employ
  powerful radio signals transmitted by a big antenna or an array of
  antennas.

  Similarly, using a high-frequency sounder antenna and a backscatter
  sounder, TACMOR will transmit high-frequency, over-the-horizon flight
  information. The system will also complement another air and maritime
  domain awareness radar station in Palau, which was [27]announced in
  2017.

  The data [28]gathered by TACMOR will be forwarded to an off-site
  operations control center via a secure, undisclosed receiver site. The
  control center can access real-time target tracking and extraction data
  to support combatant command tasks.

  The National Air and Space Intelligence Center for post-event analysis
  can also access the data. Over-the-horizon radar (OTHR) was frequently
  used during the Cold Conflict, particularly as a component of early
  warning ecosystems. However, they began to lose relevance for some
  applications after the war ended.

  Nevertheless, large static systems have lately regained popularity due
  to significant geopolitical shifts, advances in computer power, and the
  value proposition they represent.

Over-The-Horizon Radar On Palau

  A modern OTHR on Palau can support space-based and terrestrial sensor
  and weapon systems. The system will likely function to cue and provide
  early warning of approaching ballistic, cruise, and hypersonic weapons
  as well as enemy ships, aircraft, and ships.

  In particular, OTHR makes it possible to continuously monitor certain
  areas without deploying numerous types of radar systems over an
  extensive area at any given time on the ground, in the air, or at sea.

  TACMOR will be positioned in the Republic of Palau and will be
  one-fourth the size of a conventional OTHR, [29]according to the Air
  Force's budget justification documents for the fiscal year 2023. Its
  goal is to improve situational awareness of activity in the air and on
  the sea.

  The system's development, testing, and acquisition, together with the
  addition of related components, will give warfighters the capacity to
  fill in surveillance coverage gaps in crucial Pacific regions of
  significance to the United States and our Allies, the document reads.

  The TACMOR program began in July 2017 as a previously funded Joint
  Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) with the Air Force.

  JCTDs are intended to study and analyze the military utility of new
  technology, as well as identify its system integrity and where it will
  fit perfectly among operations. Since then, TACMOR has completed this
  process and moved to a program of record with the service.

  The Air Force intends to continue building and installing TACMOR's
  communications infrastructure in 2023. The efforts will develop the
  information required to start the Initial Operational Test and
  Evaluation (IOT&E) procedure and eventually complete the guidelines for
  particular contractor deliverables in support of IOT&E.

  The development of TACMOR only highlights the growing significance that
  the Pentagon has recently given to maintaining a constant American
  military presence in the Indo-Pacific.

  The long-range radar is another signal of increasing US alertness in
  the Pacific. All in all, the system could be crucial for monitoring
  Chinese and North Korea's activities.
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