What does an Spy 6 stand for?

Air and Missile Defense Radar
The AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) is the Navy’s next generation radar system that will address Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) and Air Defense (AD) capability gaps identified in the Maritime Air and Missile Defense of Joint Forces (MAMDJF) Initial Capabilities Document (ICD).

Who makes the spy 6 radar?

Raytheon
Raytheon has delivered the first two shipsets of the SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), one for the first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) and the second, DDG 128. Spence said the company is starting deliver of parts for a third DDG.

What is RMA in radar?

The AMDR is the first scalable radar built with Radar Modular Assemblies (RMA). Each RMA is essentially an individual radar with the dimensions of 2ft×2ft×2ft. These RMA building blocks can be combined to form various size arrays to fit the mission requirements of any ship.

Is SPY an ETF?

The SPY, or “spiders,” are an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the S&P 500 index.

What is the range of the SPY radar?

310 km
When applied to a ballistic missile-sized target, the SPY-1 radar is estimated to have a range of 310 km. The system is designed for blue water and littoral operations however SPY-1 configuration must be modified to look above the terrain to avoid causing excessive false targets from land clutter.

What is Doppler radar used for?

Doppler radar can see not only the precipitation in a thunderstorm (through its ability to reflect microwave energy, or reflectivity), but motion of the precipitation along the radar beam. In other words, it can measure how fast rain or hail is moving toward or away from the radar.

What is the SPY-6 radar?

SPY-6 is the U.S. Navy family of radars that perform air and missile defense on seven classes of ships. The SPY-6 family is integrated, meaning they can defend against ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, hostile aircraft and surface ships simultaneously.

What can the SPY-6 do for You?

For the Area Air Defense and Self Defense capability, increased sensitivity and clutter capability is needed to detect, react to, and engage stressing Very Low Observable/Very Low Flyer (VLO/VLF) threats in the presence of heavy land, sea, and rain clutter.”10 The SPY-6 features several improvements over SPY-1.

What is the difference between the SPY-1 and spy6?

The SPY-6 radar will also enable digital beam forming, allowing more precise tracking and the potential to execute electronic attacks. 7 The SPY-6 will be 30 times more sensitive than currently fielded radars on the Arleigh Burke Destroyers and can handle over 30 times the targets of the SPY-1. 8

What are the advantages of modern day radars?

They provide several advantages over legacy radars, including significantly greater detection range, increased sensitivity and more accurate discrimination. Each variant uses the same hardware and software, and their construction is modular, making them more reliable and less expensive to maintain.

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