Fort Meade radar station
| Army Air Defense Command Post (AADCP) | |
| military command and control facility | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Maryland |
| County | Anne Arundel |
| Installation | Fort George G. Meade |
| Defense Area | Philadelphia Defense Area |
| Command | Army Air Defense Command |
| Parts | 1957: AN/FSG-1 1966: AN/TSQ-51 |
| Nearest city | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Location | AADCP |
| - coordinates | 39°45′12″N 75°27′00″W / 39.753393°N 75.450068°WCoordinates: 39°45′12″N 75°27′00″W / 39.753393°N 75.450068°W |
| Construction AADCP closed |
1959-60* September 1966 |
| Site # | W-13DC |
The Fort Meade radar station was a Cold War military site with several sets of radar equipment in various Army and USAF radar networks. The site operated c. 1950 until 1979 and had a Project Nike command post and radar network.
Site L-14 of the temporary Lashup Radar Network was the ground-controlled interception radar station established at Fort George G. Meade until the radar's surveillance area was covered by a Quantico AFS radar in 1955. The Fort Meade radar station also had the first experimental AN/GSG-2 Antiaircraft Defense System in 1955.
In 1957 the Fort Meade station was designated an Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) for the Washington-Baltimore Defense Area. The site had the first operational Martin AN/FSG-I Antiaircraft Defense System, a fire distribution center for Nike Missiles and which was operated by the 35th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade. Designated W-13DC, the site had an AN/FPS-67 search radar and later a solid-state Hughes AN/TSQ-51 Air Defense Command and Coordination System. After 1957, Fort Meade became the Headquarters, 2nd Region, Army Air Defense Command.
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