At
the Navy League’s 2014 Sea-Air-Space Exposition, Raytheon is showcasing
a scale model of a DDG 51 Flight III class destroyer fitted with the
new Air and Missile Defense Radar. The so called "AMDR" is
currently under development for the U.S. Navy. AMDR’s radar suite
consists of an S-band radar, an X-band radar, and a radar suite controller. |
On October
10, 2013, Raytheon was awarded a $385,742,176 cost-plus-incentive-fee
contract for the engineering and modeling development phase design,
development, integration, test and delivery of Air and Missile Defense
S-Band Radar (AMDR-S) and Radar Suite Controller (RSC). AMDR is the
Navy's next generation integrated air and missile defense radar and
is being designed for Flight III Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class destroyers
beginning in 2016.
Under the contract, Raytheon will build, integrate and test the AMDR-S
and RSC Engineering Development Models (EDMs). For the ship sets covered
under this contract, the AMDR suite will integrate with the existing
AN/SPQ-9B X-band radar. The base contract begins with design work leading
to Preliminary Design Review and culminates with system acceptance of
the AMDR-S and RSC engineering development models at the end of testing.
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Speaking
to Navy Recognition during Sea-Air-Space, Tad Dickenson (Raytheon's
Program Manager Air and Missile Defense Radar) explained that the AMDR
is over 30 times more powerful than the existing SPY-1 radar meaning
it can put over 30 times more energy allowing to detect more targets,
a lot further out. AMDR ranges about 2.5 times further compared to existing
DDG 51 radar. |
