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Raytheon And Navy Conduct First EASR System-Level Test

Tuesday, August 20th, 2019

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Raytheon And Navy Conduct First EASR System-Level Test

The Raytheon Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) conducting tests at the Surface Combat System Center at Wallops Island, Va. (Photo: Raytheon)

The Navy and Raytheon [RTN] conducted the first system-level test of the SPY-6(V)2 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) at the Surface Combat System Center at Wallops Island, Va., recently, the company said Tuesday. Raytheon said the first test had the radar search for, detect, identify, and track several targets, including commercial aircraft. Then in a second test, the radar tracked multiple targets continuously for several hours during a test event involving a separate system. Raytheon said this was enabled by…

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