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U.S. Navy Performs Final SPY-6 AMDR Developmental Flight Test

Tuesday, February 5th, 2019

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U.S. Navy Performs Final SPY-6 AMDR Developmental Flight Test

An artist's rendering of Raytheon's Air and Missile Defense Radar on a destroyer. (Image: Raytheon)

The Navy successfully tracked a ballistic missile target on Jan. 31 using the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) in Kauai, Hawaii, the final developmental flight test in the AMDR program. This test, named “Vigilant Nemesis,” involved a short-range ballistic missile target launched form the Pacific Missile Range Facility. The AMDR then searched for, detected, and maintained track on the target. The AMDR is built by Raytheon [RTN]. The Navy said this was the final developmental test in a set…

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