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AMDR Arrives At Navy Test Site

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

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AMDR Arrives At Navy Test Site

The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the Navy's AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar System at the land-based Combat Systems Engineering Development Site (CSEDS) in Moorestown, N.J. on Oct. 7, 2020 (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy’s land-based test site received the new destroyer Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) system on Oct. 7, the Navy said Thursday. The Combat Systems Engineering Development Site (CSEDS) in Moorestown, N.J., accepted the Raytheon Technologies [RTX] AN/SPY-6(V)1 AMDR to test it for lessons learned in a controlled environment to correct issues before the system is integrated and deployed on new Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] is building the USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) as…

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