The U.S. Navy's Next Generation Flight III DDG-51 Destroyers are About to Get a Powerful New Radar
Raytheon could easily build a radar with a much larger array for a future cruiser.
Dave Majumdar [2]
The United States Navy has awarded Raytheon a $327 million contract modification to start initial low rate production of the AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar Program (AMDR). The money covers the first three sets of radars, which are slated for installation onboard the Flight III version of the long-serving Arleigh Burke–class (DDG-51) destroyers.
“Progressing to production is the result of a lot of hard work and dedication from our AMDR team of experts across Raytheon, the Navy, and our world-class suppliers. In just over three years of the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development phase, we’ve gone from a technology demonstrator to a technically mature, highly advanced, functioning radar,” Tad Dickenson, Raytheon's Air and Missile Defense Radar program director [3], said. “Production begins today - which brings us one day closer to delivering this needed, and unprecedented, integrated air and missile defense capability to the Navy.”
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