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America's Missile Defenses At Sea Are Getting a Big Upgrade
« on: September 11, 2017, 09:09:17 am »

America's Missile Defenses At Sea Are Getting a Big Upgrade

Dave Majumdar [2]

The United States Navy has successfully tested its potent new Raytheon AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) against simultaneous air and ballistic missile threats.

The powerful Gallium Nitride [3]-based active electronically scanned array radar will replace the Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D phased array radar on future Block III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers as the core of the Aegis combat system.

http://nationalinterest.org/print/blog/the-buzz/americas-missile-defenses-sea-are-getting-big-upgrade-22247