TEWKSBURY, Mass., May 23 (UPI) -- The Raytheon Co. has produced the first group of S-band transmit/receive modules for the U.S. Navy's Air and Missile Defense Radar program.
The modules have been thoroughly tested and proved to meet or exceed all AMDR performance and reliability requirements, the company said, marking a major milestone for the program, for which Raytheon is developing a technology demonstrator for the system's S-band radar and radar suite controller.
"Our AMDR T/R modules are demonstrating significant capability and performance reliability," said Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems' Kevin Peppe, vice president of Seapower Capability Systems. "Leveraging our established manufacturing expertise, experience and capacity, we will deliver a low-risk, high-performance system on schedule and on budget."
Raytheon said the testing and production advances its progress for Phase II of the AMDR program and also demonstrates Raytheon's manufacturing readiness for AMDR Phase III.
Under Phase III, industry teams competing for the program will each be required to produce a functional radar.
The Navy's AMDR program is to provide unprecedented capabilities for the Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The radar suite will consist of an S-band radar, X-band radar and radar suite controller.
The AMDR S-band component will provide volume search, tracking, ballistic missile defense discrimination and missile communications, while the X-band will perform horizon search, precision tracking, missile communication and terminal illumination functions.
