Huntsville-based Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., a division of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, this week announced it has been awarded a $29 million contract from Raytheon to produce and sustain the Cooling Equipment Units (CEU) for the world’s most powerful ground mobile radar system.

Known as Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance (AN/TPY-2), the system requires one CEU per unit and interfaces with Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Fire Control and Communications and the remainder of Lockheed Martin supplied weapon systems.

“We are pleased to be a part of this effort with Raytheon on a contract that is well suited for our company and our employees,” stated Jan Hess, president of Teledyne Brown Engineering.

“We have provided countless systems and delivered critical system hardware for decades to assist with our nation’s defense,” she added.

As outlined in a release, AN/TPY-2 can be deployed in different modes and is a critical element in the Ballistic Missile Defense System used to detect, acquire, track and discriminate possible incoming ballistic missiles. The CEU is a transportable shelter that houses power distribution to the radar and provides temperature controlled liquid cooling to the Antenna Equipment Unit.

Teledyne Brown’s role in the contract will reportedly involve the manufacture and assembly of multiple CEUs and sustainment over the next three years.

The company, established in the Rocket City as Alabama Engineering and Tool in 1953, was the first high-technology firm formed to assist Wernher von Braun and his team in developing the Redstone Rocket. The company’s leadership founded Cummings Research Park, where Teledyne Brown Engineering is still located to this day.

Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn