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X-Band Radome Transportation Project

On February 18th, 2005 Logistics Group International successfully aided ILC Dover and the US Army Missile Defense Agency's X-band Radar Project Office in delivery of a key component of the Ground Based Mid-Course Defense (GBMD) system. The key component of the GBMD, is the X-band radar's, state of the art, protective Radome fabric designed by ILC Dover. This fabric, conceived by Raytheon Corporation, was packaged into 141'L x 21'W x 18"T, L.G.I. designed custom crate at the TCOM LLP hangar facility in nearby Weeksville, North Carolina. The United States Coast Guard Center in Elizabeth City, NC's waterfront, situated approximately six miles away from TCOM, was the perfect load point for the massive crate containing the Radome fabric. The crate, once loaded onto a coastal barge, traveled to Corpus Christi, Texas, via the Intercoastal waterway, for installation on the Sea based X-band radar platform.

Logistics Group International with there 14 different logistical support entities and team of over 87 personnel ensured that the US Army would minimize impact and disruption to Coast Guard operations. They worked around the clock for three days, verifying site conditions, transporting the crate through the base, and assembling and dis-assembling the portable 650-ton crane and other support equipment. After a brief delay, due to weather, the Radome load proceeded smoothly, and the coastal barge sounded one prolonged blast with the Radome crate safely secured to the deck. The thorough site planning of Logistics Group International saved the US Army's X-band Radar Project significant transportation time in transporting the Radome to it's final destination in Adak, Alaska and provided an excellent example of successful inter-service cooperation.

The X-band radar, which the Radome fabric protects from the elements, is a vital element of the Ground Based Mid-Course Defense system that defends our nation against Intercontinental Ballistic Missile attack. The radar is based on a high tech, fifth generation oil drilling platform. It is twin-hulled, self propelled and very stable in high winds and turbulent sea conditions. Its ocean-spanning mobility allows the radar to be repositioned as needed to provide radar coverage of possible threat missile launches from anywhere in the world. Once the radar is fully fitted onto the platform it will rise more than 280 feet from the platform keel to the zenith of the Radome and will displace nearly 30,000 tons. The radar and support systems are scheduled to be fully integrated and available for use in the Ballistic Missile Defense System by the end of 2005 ( http://www.acq.osd.mil/mda/ ).

Logistics Group International would like to give thanks to ILC Dover, Raytheon, BAE Systems, Department of Defense, United States Coast Guard and all Contractors used to make the Transportation effort a success.