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Missile Defense

Navy’s New SPY-6 Radar Begins Tracking Ballistic Missiles

By Marc Selinger

Friday, March 31st, 2017

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Navy’s New SPY-6 Radar Begins Tracking Ballistic Missiles

AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar array at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii. (Photo: Raytheon)

The U.S. Navy's new SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) has begun tracking ballistic missile targets in tests, according to Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and prime contractor Raytheon [RTN].During the most recent test, which occurred March 15, a SPY-6 radar located at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) in Kauai, Hawaii, searched for, detected and tracked a short-range ballistic missile launched from the range, NAVSEA and Raytheon said in separate news releases.“The radar performed exactly as we expected it…

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