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Navy Conducts Third Successful AMDR Test

Monday, September 11th, 2017

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The Navy, the week of Aug. 27, said it successfully conducted a third air and ballistic missile defense flight test set with the AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) on Sept. 7 off the west coast of Hawaii.This test, called Vigilant Talon, started when a short-range ballistic missile target and multiple air-to-surface cruise missile targets were launched simultaneously. The AMDR searched for, detected, and maintained tracking on all of the targets throughout their trajectories, the Navy said.The preliminary data…

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