AMDR tracks ballistic missile target in capstone developmental test

By Jason Sherman / February 8, 2019 at 1:31 PM
The Air and Missile Defense Radar successfully tracked a ballistic missile target during a recent test in Hawaii, capping nearly two years of air and ballistic missile developmental tests during a milestone event for the $5.8 billion SPY-6 sensor, as the program is also called, built by Raytheon. On Jan. 31, a short-range ballistic missile was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, as part of an event dubbed Vigilant Nemesis, the final development test in a...

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