RCA Golf Ball and Aegis Moorestown NJ
The Aegis cruiser deckhouse simulator on Centerton Road in Moorestown, with inset photo of the BMEWS radar dome "golf ball" that was there before this. The radome was built in 1959 by RCA adjacent to their Missile and Surface Radar plant (today Lockheed Martin Government Electronic Systems plant) and operated by the Air Force to track satellites and ballistic missiles until more sophisticated radars were developed and the site became obsolete. It was in operation until 1974, then was removed in 1976 and replaced by RCA with the Aegis system soon after.
RCA Golf Ball and Aegis Moorestown NJ
The Aegis cruiser deckhouse simulator on Centerton Road in Moorestown, with inset photo of the BMEWS radar dome "golf ball" that was there before this. The radome was built in 1959 by RCA adjacent to their Missile and Surface Radar plant (today Lockheed Martin Government Electronic Systems plant) and operated by the Air Force to track satellites and ballistic missiles until more sophisticated radars were developed and the site became obsolete. It was in operation until 1974, then was removed in 1976 and replaced by RCA with the Aegis system soon after.