New Radar Detection Lab Will Enhance Navy's Ability to Protect Nation: "On January 19, the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii began construction of an Advanced Radar Detection Laboratory (ARDEL) facility.
The ARDEL project will test and evaluate a new radar system planned for the next generation of surface combatant vessels strengthening the Navy's ability to detect, track, and provide information required to engage ballistic missiles at greater distances than current systems in use as well as more elusive long-range air threats. The advanced technologies of the new radar incorporate various aspects of ballistic missile defense (BMD), air defense (AD), and surface warfare (SuW).
The purpose of the ARDEL facility is to test advanced radar technologies including the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR)."
