Cobra Dane - Wikipedia
The AN/FPS-108 COBRA DANE is a PESA phased array radar installation operated by Raytheon for the United States Space Force (originally for the United States Air Force) at Eareckson Air Station on the island of Shemya, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. [1]
COBRA DANE Radar > United States Space Force > Fact Sheets
The COBRA DANE radar is a single faced ground-based, L-band phased-array radar located in northern U.S. Indio-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) area of operations and operated by the U.S. Space Force.
This Remote Alaskan Radar Is America's First Line of Defense
May 2, 2018 · On a cold, windswept island in the remote Aleutian islands chain lies one of the largest radars ever built. At the farthest edge of the American frontier 1,455 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska, sits...
Cobra Dane - Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance
Fire and Mission Control for the GMD system can use the Cobra Dane for real-time information, and the radar accurately tracks ballistic missiles to commit the launch of Ground-Based Interceptor missiles.
Cobra Dane - Missile Threat
Jun 7, 2021 · The Cobra Dane Radar Upgrade is an L-band radar located at Shemya Island, Alaska at Eareckson Air Station. It has a single face, 95 feet in diameter, providing 136-degree azimuth coverage.
COBRA DANE: A piece of history transitions to AFSPC
Mar 3, 2014 · COBRA DANE is a large ground-based, L-band phased-array radar located on the northwest corner of Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Alaska. The system was fielded in 1976 by Raytheon Equipment Division Laboratories under contract through Hanscom AFB Electronics System Division as the 16th Surveillance Squadron, an Air Force space asset.
V2X to ensure readiness of US Space Force’s COBRA DANE radar
Apr 9, 2025 · V2X has a contract valued at $62m to maintain the COBRA DANE radar system in Alaska, which is integral to the US Space Force's capabilities.
COBRA DANE Radar:Protecting the U.S. from abroad
Dec 27, 2017 · PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The COBRA DANE radar, a single faced ground-based, phased-array radar at Eareckson Air Station, Alaska, is a large and powerful radar located on the island of Shemya, in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands, that can detect objects up to 2,000 miles away.
Missile Defense: - U.S. Government Accountability Office (U.S.
Dec 17, 2018 · DOD plans to invest over $278 million to operate, maintain, and modernize its Cobra Dane radar system—which helps defend against incoming missiles and tracks space objects such as satellites and debris.
AN/FPS-108 “Cobra Dane” - Radartutorial
“Cobra Dane” is a large, phased-array radar at Shemya Air Force Base in the Aleutian Islands under USAF Program 633A. Its purpose is the detection and tracking of ICBMs, SLBMs and satellites.