West Wales Site To Host U.S. Deep Space Radar

UK Defense Secretary Grant Schapps

UK Defense Secretary Grant Schapps says the global DARC system will "[empower] the UK to detect, track and identify objects in deep space."

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LONDON—A location in west Wales has been selected as one of three potential global sites for the U.S. Space Force’s planned Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC). Cawdor Barracks, formerly a U.K. Royal Air Force flight training base, has been named as the preferred site for the British DARC...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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