The Air and Missile Defense Radar – AN/SPY-6(V) – is the Navy's next generation integrated air and missile defense radar. It is advancing through development and on track for the DDG-51 Flight III destroyer. The Air and Missile Defense Radar is expected to meet the Navy's current and future mission requirements. Photo courtesy of Raytheon

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• Complex target proves no match for AN/SPY-6(V)

Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar successfully searched for, acquired and tracked a ballistic missile test target during its second live-target flight test at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii.

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AN/SPY-6(V) array installed at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii. Photo courtesy of Raytheon

This test event featured a more complex, threat-representative ballistic missile target than prior tests, intended to challenge the detection and tracking capabilities of the new radar.

AN/SPY-6 acquired and maintained the long-range missile target track, from launch through flight.

AMDR is a key enabler for the capability and performance enhancements of the new DDG 51 Flight III ship. Photo courtesy of Raytheon

"We are continuing to stress this radar by increasing the range and complexity of the targets and demonstrating the radar is meeting its performance requirements," said Navy Capt. Seiko Okano, major program manager for Above Water Sensors, Program Executive Office (PEO) Integrated Warfare Systems (IWS).
"AN/SPY-6 is the nation's most advanced radar and will be the cornerstone of the U.S. Navy's surface combatants for many decades."

The Air and Missile Defense Radar enhances ships’ abilities to detect air and surface targets as well as ballistic missile threats. Photo courtesy of Raytheon

This result is the most recent in a series of successes for AN/SPY-6, following the tracking of the first ballistic missile target in March 2017.

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AMDR is the Navy’s next generation integrated air and missile defense radar. Photo courtesy of Raytheon

Building up to that milestone, the radar was tested against targets of increasing complexity, including integrated air and missile defense targets of opportunity, satellites and aircraft.

Built with 2’x2’x2’ Radar Modular Assemblies, AMDR is the Navy’s first truly scalable radar. Photo courtesy of Raytheon

Having achieved Milestone C, ahead of schedule, the program remains on track for delivery to the first DDG 51 Flight III destroyer.

AN/SPY-6(V) transitioned to Low Rate Initial Production with the May 1st contract award for the first three ship sets.

A 3-D rendering of the U.S. Navy’s Air and Missile Defense Radar. Photo courtesy of Raytheon

AN/SPY-6(V) provides greater capability – in range, sensitivity and discrimination accuracy – than currently deployed radars, increasing battlespace, situational awareness and reaction time to effectively counter current and future threats.

Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar, or EASR, is the U.S. Navy’s next generation radar for aircraft carriers and amphibious warfare ships. Two variants are available for use. Seen here is Variant 1, a single face, rotating array. Photo courtesy of Raytheon

It is the first scalable radar, built with Radar Modular Assemblies - radar building blocks.

Each RMA, roughly 2' x 2' x 2' in size, is a standalone radar that can be grouped to build any size radar aperture, from a single RMA to configurations larger than currently fielded radars.

EASR is the U.S. Navy’s next generation radar for aircraft carriers and amphibious warfare ships, providing simultaneous anti-air and anti-surface warfare, electronic protection and air traffic control capabilities. Photo courtesy of Raytheon

The U.S. Navy's new Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar leverages the highly-scalable design and mature technologies of AN/SPY-6 in a scaled nine-RMA configuration to meet the mission requirements of carriers and amphibious ships.

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The commonality – in both hardware and software – with AN/SPY-6 offers a host of advantages, including maintenance; training; logistics; and lifecycle support.

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Raytheon Company, with 2016 sales of $24 billion and 63,000 employees, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions.

With a history of innovation spanning 95 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, C5I™ products and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for customers in more than 80 countries.

Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.

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