Based on a recent $646 million contract award, Raytheon, an RTX business, will continue producing AN/SPY-6(V) radar systems for the U.S. Navy. As part of the fourth option of a 2022 hardware, production, and sustainment contract, which at that time was valued at as much as $3 billion over five years, the work will provide four additional naval radar systems (see image above). With the four, the total number of AN/SPY-6(V) radar systems will reach 42.
SPY-6 naval radars provide air and missile defense on seven classes of ships and can guard against ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, hypersonic missiles, hostile aircraft, and surface ships simultaneously. They're designed and manufactured at Raytheon's Radar Development Facility (Andover, Mass.).
According to Barbara Borgonovi, president of Naval Power at Raytheon, “SPY-6 enables the U.S. Navy to see further than they've ever seen before, providing sailors with more time to respond to detected threats.” Concerning the addition to the contract, she noted, “This latest contract builds on our decades of experience and technical expertise in developing modular, scalable, and highly maintainable radars.”
The AN/SPY-6(V) radar systems deliver precise data and targeting information on incoming threats to help optimize responsive actions. Each radar system variant employs the same hardware and software within a compact modular design referred to as a radar modular assembly (RMA). The modular approach simplifies scalability, allowing each radar system to be adapted to the needs of each ship.
