Serco has been awarded a new contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to maintain Air Defence radars and provide day to day operation of Remote Radar Heads for the next five years.
The company will be the prime contractor for the new contract with Lockheed Martin as the main sub-contractor.
Valued at around £32 million, the contract covers five radar sites at Brizlee Wood, Northumberland; Saxa Vord, Shetland Isles; Buchan, Eastern Scotland; Benbecula, Western Scotland and Neatishead, Norfolk.
The agreement also includes a personnel replacement programme for the Royal Air Force and employs over 30 people.
Serco has a long and proud history of supporting radars in the UK
Serco has been providing support as a sub-contractor to Lockheed Martin for United Kingdom Air Defence systems since 2005 and more recently Serco delivered three new TPS-77 Air Defence radars to the UK Ministry of Defence.
