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Navy/USMC

Raytheon Delivers First SPY-6 Radar Array For DDG-125

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020

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Raytheon Delivers First SPY-6 Radar Array For DDG-125

Raytheon Technologies delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar array for installation on the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125), the Navy’s first Flight III guided-missile destroyer. (Photo: Raytheon Technologies)

Raytheon Technologies [RTX] delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar array for the first Flight III DDG-51 destroyer, the company said Tuesday. The SPY-6 radar system is also known as the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) and aims to provide improved performance for air and missile defense operations on the Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The Flight III ships are modified to be larger to house the radar systems and their power and cooling requirements. The future USS Jack H. Lucas…

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