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Missile Defense

Raytheon Announces Successful Testing Period For New Missile Defense Radar

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 24th, 2017

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Raytheon Announces Successful Testing Period For New Missile Defense Radar

Raytheon's GaN-powered AESA air and missile defense radar. Photo: Raytheon

Defense contractor Raytheon [RTN] announced on Tuesday that their latest integrated air and missile defense radar with 360-degree capability has put in 1,000 hours of operation in the last year, about the half the amount of a typical testing period.Raytheon’s newest radar has been upgraded with a new gallium nitride (GaN) powered Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) antenna which works in tandem with a second AESA prototype radar pointed in a different direction to provide 360-degree scanning ability."We achieved this…

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