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Lockheed Martin Confident in SPY-7 Progress and Performance; Offers alternative for DDG Backfit

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Lockheed Martin Confident in SPY-7 Progress and Performance; Offers alternative for DDG Backfit
The Solid State Radar Integration Site (SSRIS) at Lockheed Martin’s Moorestown, NJ, facility, used to test the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) systems. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

Lockheed Martin [LMT] is pushing full steam ahead on its scalable AN/SPY-7 S-band gallium nitride-based radar in four countries and boasted its superiority to the Raytheon Technologies [RTX] AN/SPY-6 radar in a recent interview. SPY-7 is based on the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR), procured by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to bolster the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system’s ability to track ballistic missile threats at Clear Air Force Station in Clear, Alaska. LRDR aims to both better track missiles…

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