Photo by Lisa Ferdinando | Defense Media Activity - Proper | 07.31.2015
Marine Cpl. Nicolas Grant, based out of Yuma, Arizona, explains his job working with the ANTPS-59 radar system seen behind him, Point Mugu, Calif., July 31, 2015. Grant was taking part in Black Dart, a two-week DoD-sponsored live-fly, live-fire joint counter-UAS technology demonstration at Naval Base Ventura County and Sea Range, Point Mugu, Calif., from July 26 to Aug. 7. (DoD photo by Lisa......
Photo by Cpl. Matt Myers | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 07.14.2015
A U.S. Marine Corps TPS-59 air search radar monitors airspace July 14 at the Bradshaw Field Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia, during the bilateral U.S.-Australian training exercise Talisman Sabre 2015. The radar can scan up to a radius of 300 nautical miles and track all aircraft operating in the training area including drones and missiles. The radar’s primary purpose during the......
