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AMDR
AN/SPY-6 Array Delivered to U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility
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The U.S. Navy installed a new AN/SPY-6 radar at the Advanced Radar Development
Evaluation Laboratory (ARDEL) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility
(PMRF) June 6. The delivery and installation of the AN/SPY-6 radar at
ARDEL followed the successful completion of Near Field Range testing
in Sudbury, Massachusetts in late May, and marks the beginning of the
Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) program's next phase of execution
that includes live test campaigns at PMRF -- involving air and surface
targets as well as Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) flight
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AMDR’s
radar suite consists of an S-band radar, an X-band radar, and a radar
suite controller.
(Picture: Raytheon)
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"Completion of Near Field Range testing and
installation at ARDEL is a huge milestone for our AMDR team," said
Capt. Seiko Okano. "Delivery of the radar, 13 months after System
Critical Design Review, is a testament to the maturity of the design
and a reflection of the team's hard work. The Navy needs this capability
today, and this keeps us on track to delivering this critical capability
to the fleet."
Preparations for the next phase of testing are underway, and near term
efforts will focus on integration and checkout to support initial light-off
in early July.
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Raytheon
photo: Partially-populated, full-sized Air and Missile Defense Radar
array
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AN/SPY-6 is a single-face, new development IAMD radar,
providing sensitivity for long range detection and engagement of advanced
threats. The Navy competitively awarded the Engineering and Manufacturing
Development contract to Raytheon October 2013.
The AN/SPY-6 uses active electronically scanned array technologies with
solid state transmit and receive amplifiers placed behind each antenna
element, which replace the waveguide tube amplifiers of legacy DDG-51
Class AN/SPY-1D(V) arrays. The digital architecture provides multi-beam
capabilities to reduce anti-aircraft warfare surveillance frame times,
while also improving radar performance in both harsh natural and manmade
environments. AN/SPY-6 will provide the U.S. Navy with next generation
IAMD capabilities and is currently planned for deployment on DDG-51
Flight III destroyers and interfaced with the AEGIS Advanced Capability
Build (ACB 20) combat system.
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