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Home» News»US Navy Selects Northrop Grumman as Design Agent for AN/SPQ-9B Radar
AN/SPQ-9B radar on board mast of JS Atago(DDG-177). The radar works in X-band and the antenna consists of dual planar arrays mounted back-to-back under a radome. It is used to detect smaller targets such as sea skimming cruise missiles or even submarine's periscopes.

US Navy Selects Northrop Grumman as Design Agent for AN/SPQ-9B Radar

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded the role of design agent for the AN/SPQ-9B surface search and fire control radar.

Xavier Vavasseur 25 Jul 2019

Northrop Grumman press release

As design agent, Northrop Grumman provides support to existing and future systems, troubleshoots issues, performs redesign efforts as parts go obsolete and adds new capabilities to the baseline system. This follow-on engineering services contract will continue to support the installed base of 50 AN/SPQ-9B radar systems on ships and at six land sites, as well as future systems as they are delivered to the fleet. It will provide the Navy with uninterrupted technical assistance in their system installations, upgrades and follow-on production efforts.

“We are honored to continue our support of more than two decades to the fleet. By leveraging our expertise and partnership with the U.S. Navy, we have developed radar systems that increasingly support complex missions. We are committed to maximizing the design and engineering of this technology and enhancing capability that will extend to the Navy’s next generation radars.”



Todd Leavitt, vice president, maritime systems, Northrop Grumman

This engineering services contract continues Northrop Grumman’s leadership in hardware and software development for the anti-cruise missile defense mission for the fleet. The system provides fire-control quality track data in stressing, high-clutter environments to protect high-value surface combatants.

AN/SPQ-9B Northrop Grumman Radar US Navy 2019-07-25
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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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