Raytheon and the U.S. Navy are working to integrate the former’s AN/SPY-6 missile defense radar into the Lockheed Martin-built Aegis combat system to be installed on the service’s guided-missile destroyers, National Defense Magazine reported Friday.
Read More »Raytheon Conducts Latest Test on New Air and Missile Defense Radar
Raytheon demonstrated the search, detection and tracking functions of its new air and missile defense radar during a recent test at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, the company said Tuesday. Raytheon began developing the radar in January 2014.
Read More »Raytheon Opens Radar Development Hub in Massachusetts
Raytheon has invested $72 million to establish a facility in Andover, Mass., for the company’s radar development, integration and testing efforts. The 30,000-square-foot facility features two near-field radar test ranges, a 1.5-megawatt substation, a “dual robotic” system for array assembly and automated guided vehicles to facilitate movement of materials, Raytheon said Monday. The company intends …
Read More »Raytheon Eyes Development of Multi-Function Smart Radar for Next Decade
Raytheon plans to develop over the next decade an architecture meant to connect radar systems and allow simultaneous detection, tracking, definition, communication and analysis operations. The company said Friday it plans to use unified software and architecture to generate multiple perspectives from the visual coverage of various radars, and machine …
Read More »Raytheon to Invest $100M for Future Radar Production Facility at Mississippi Campus
Raytheon plans to invest $100 million to establish a radar production facility at its manufacturing center in Forest, Miss., in efforts to increase its footprint in the region. The company said Thursday it will use the building to build, test and integrate S-band radars for programs such as the AN/SPY-6 …
Read More »Raytheon Tests Air & Missile Defense Radar Against Multiple Targets
Raytheon has demonstrated a company-made air and missile defense radar against multiple missile targets at the U.S. Navy‘s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. AN/SPY-6(V) worked to simultaneously detect and track a short-range ballistic missile target and multiple anti-ship cruise missile targets during the demonstration, which marks the radar’s third flight …
Read More »Kratos Helps Navy Test Air & Missile Defense Radar Against Ballistic Missile Target
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has provided a live ballistic missile target for the U.S. Navy‘s test of an air and missile defense radar on July 27. The Raytheon-made AN/SPY-6(V) radar worked to acquire and track Kratos’ medium range ballistic missile target that was launched from the Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in …
Read More »Raytheon Demos AN/SPY-6 Radar Capacity at Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise in Hawaii
Raytheon has showcased a company-built air and missile defense radar system during a ballistic missile defense exercise held at the U.S. Navy‘s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. The exercise tested if Raytheon’s AN/SPY-6 radar could acquire, search and track a ballistic missile target and the test followed a series of activities in which the platform helped …
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