• About
    • Mission
    • Biographical Information
    • Contact Us
  • Defense
  • Energy
  • Logistics
  • Innovation
  • In the News
  • Follow
  • Like
  • Linkedin
  • Youtube
May 9, 2019Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D

← Back
← Previous Post
Next Post →

Navy/Raytheon SPY-6 Radar Boosts Sea-Based Defense Against Ballistic, Hypersonic Threats (From Forbes)

May 9, 2019Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D

This week Raytheon delivered the first SPY-6 radar that it has been developing since 2013 for the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke destroyers. It is a true breakthrough, using new materials and modular design concepts to provide a three-fold gain in range over the existing SPY-1 while enabling vastly improved discrimination of diverse threats. Because the modular design makes the technology seamlessly expansible, SPY-6 can be scaled up or down for installation on everything from surface combatants to aircraft carriers to amphibious warships — or deployed on land for defense of the homeland. The world has never before seen an air and missile defense radar that is so flexible and adaptable — which is a good thing, because interception of overhead threats looks to become more challenging in the years ahead. I have written a commentary for Forbes here.

Print | PDF | EMail

Find Archived Articles:

This entry was posted in Defense. Bookmark the permalink.
Sign Up For
LexNext Emails
1600 Wilson Boulevard - Suite 203
Arlington, VA 22209 USA
Phone: 703.522.5828
Fax: 703.522.5837
© 2023 Lexington Institute

Sign Up for LexNext Emails

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Sign Up for LexNext Emails

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.