Air and Missile Defense Radar arrives in Hawaii for testing

By Justin Doubleday / June 21, 2016 at 9:00 AM
The Navy has installed the Raytheon-made Air and Missile Defense Radar at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii, as the service prepares to begin live testing of the system central to the next flight upgrade of its Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The service completed the installation of the AMDR in the Advanced Radar Development Evaluation Laboratory at PMRF on June 6, according to a Naval Sea Systems Command statement. Prior to its delivery to Hawaii, the sensor, designated the AN/SPY-6...

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