Navy places order for fourth AMDR contract, aligns new radar buy with current Flight III program

By Jason Sherman / April 27, 2018 at 2:54 PM
The Navy has realigned orders for the Air and Missile Defense Radar program to better reflect current shipbuilding plans for the new variant of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers which will feature the new S-band radar, awarding a contract to Raytheon for a single AN/SPY-6 radar last week instead of two originally envision for fiscal year 2018, according to the service. On April 19, the Navy carried out a $136.5 million modification to a previously awarded contract, the latest action on...

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