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L-3 Communications ESSCO Installs 68-Foot-Diameter Space Frame Radome with Gore-Tex™ Membranes for Kwajalein Range Services

The following photos depict some of the carefully planned steps required to remove the existing 22-year-old radome and replace it with an ESSCO 68-foot-diameter metal space frame radome with Gore-Tex™ membranes. This effort was performed in late 2003 as part of the Millimeter Wave (MMW) Radar Replacement Radome Program for Kwajalein Range Services at the Kwajalein Atoll/Reagan Test Site. The project was completed ahead of schedule, and throughout the installation sequence the antenna was never exposed overnight and exposed only briefly during the day.

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Changing panels on lower portion of 22-year-old radome	Assembled top cap of new 68-foot-radome with Gore-Tex"! panels
Lifting top cap of new 68-foot dome in place; removal of existing 22-year-old radome cap (at right) already completed	Top section of M68 radome in place and ready to be secured
Water test being performed on completed M68 radome