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Navy/USMC

Raytheon Delivers First AN/SPY-6(V) Air And Missile Defense Radar Ahead of Live Target Testing

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

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Raytheon Delivers First AN/SPY-6(V) Air And Missile Defense Radar Ahead of Live Target Testing

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

Raytheon [RTN] delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) array to the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii for use in an upcoming initial radar light-off live target test, the company said Thursday.Delivered ahead of schedule, the radar is currently being installed at the facility according to plan with a test set for early this month. The SPY-6(V) is a next-generation integrated air and ballistic missile defense radar set for use in the U.S. Navy’s…

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