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Missile Defense

AMDR Tracks Multiple Targets And First Missile Through Intercept

Wednesday, October 10th, 2018

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AMDR Tracks Multiple Targets And First Missile Through Intercept

AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar array at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii. (Photo: Raytheon)

Raytheon [RTN] on Wednesday said its new AN-SPY-6(V) air and missile defense radar (AMDR) has tracked multiple targets simultaneously as well as its first track of a ballistic missile through intercept in a test.The test occurred at the Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii in mid-September, where it detected, acquired, and tracked multiple targets while also tracking the ballistic missile. Raytheon said this was possible because it capitalized on two unrelated exercises nearby.The Navy’s major program manager for…

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