TEWKSBURY, Mass., July 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon
Company (NYSE: RTN) delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile
Defense Radar array to the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range
Facility in Hawaii ahead of
schedule. The array is now being installed according to plan, in
preparation for first radar light-off in early July. SPY-6(V) is
the next-generation integrated air and ballistic missile defense
radar for the U.S. Navy, filling a critical capability gap for the
surface fleet.
This delivery is the latest in a series of milestones achieved
on time or ahead of schedule, as SPY-6(V) advances through the
Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase, which is now close
to 80 percent complete. In less than 30 months, the SPY-6(V) array
completed design, fabrication and initial testing. Soon to
transition to Low Rate Initial Production, SPY-6(V) remains on
track for delivery in 2019 for the first DDG 51 Flight III
destroyer.
"Several months of testing at our near-field range facility,
where the array completed characterization and calibration, have
proven the system ready for live target tracking," said Raytheon's
Tad Dickenson, AMDR program
director. "The array was the last component to ship. With all other
components, including the back-end processing equipment, delivered
earlier and already integrated at the range, AMDR will be up and
running in short order."
"The extensive testing to date has demonstrated good compliance
to the radar's key technical performance parameters," said U.S.
Navy Captain Seiko Okano, major
program manager, Above Water Sensors (IWS 2.0). "The technologies
are proven mature and ready for testing in the far-field range,
against live targets, to verify and validate the radar's
exceptional capabilities."
About SPY-6(V) AMDR
SPY-6(V) is the first
scalable radar, built with RMAs - radar building blocks. Each RMA,
roughly 2' x 2' x 2' in size, is a standalone radar that can be
grouped to build any size radar aperture, from a single RMA to
configurations larger than currently fielded radars. All cooling,
power, command logic and software are scalable, allowing for new
instantiations without significant radar development costs.
Providing greater capability – in range, sensitivity and
discrimination accuracy – than currently deployed radars, SPY-6(V)
increases battlespace, situational awareness and reaction time to
effectively counter current and future threats. Designed for
scalability, reliability and ease of production, SPY-6(V)
incorporates innovative and proven technologies, including RMAs,
digital beamforming and Gallium Nitride (GaN), to offer exceptional
radar capabilities to fit any ship for any mission.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2015
sales of $23 billion and 61,000
employees, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in
defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. With a
history of innovation spanning 94 years, Raytheon provides
state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration,
C5ITM products and services, sensing, effects, and
mission support for customers in more than 80 countries. Raytheon
is headquartered in Waltham,
Massachusetts. Follow us on Twitter @Raytheon.
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