AMDR Aegis shipboard combat system testing set to start in January

By Aidan Quigley / October 26, 2021 at 2:25 PM
The Navy is set to start shipboard combat system testing of the Air and Missile Defense Radar in January, a Navy spokesman told Inside Defense Monday. Navy spokesman Alan Baribeau said in a statement that AMDR and Aegis integration testing at land-based test sites are on track to support shipboard combat system testing, or Aegis lights off. AMDR's radar is known as the AN/SPY-6(V)1, and the program aims to provide the Navy with long-range missile detection, according to the...

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