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Home» News»Lockheed Martin wins MDA contract for Aegis BMD 6.0 Capability
Raytheon's SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar aces most complex test yet 1
Raytheon's AN/SPY-6(V) is the U.S. Navy's next generation integrated air and missile defense radar. Currently in production, and on track for the DDG-51 Flight III destroyer, SPY-6 provides unmatched protection against air and surface targets as well as ballistic missile threats. Raytheon Image.

Lockheed Martin wins MDA contract for Aegis BMD 6.0 Capability

Lockheed Martin won a $326,998,037 missile defense agency (MDA) contract to design, develop, integrate, test and certify the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) 6.0 capability.

Xavier Vavasseur 31 Aug 2019

Aegis BMD 6.0 will provide an increased BMD capability by incorporating the Air and Missile Defense Radar, now designated AN/SPY-6(V)1 , for introduction on the first DDG Flight III.

Built by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, DDG 125 will be the first “Flight III” ship in the Arleigh Burke-class of destroyers. The Flight III will incorporate the SPY-6 that will replace the existing SPY-1 radar installed on the previous DDG 51 ships. The ship will feature the Aegis Baseline 9 combat system that will allow the ship to simultaneously patrol for ballistic missile threats as well as combat traditional air and cruise missiles threats. Thanks to this “Integrated Air and Missile Defense” capability the vessel and its crew will have quicker reaction time, higher firepower, and increased electronic warfare capability, specifically for Anti-Air Warfare.

Raytheon’s AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar has now demonstrated its performance against an array of singular and multiple targets of increasing complexity. This includes integrated air and missile defense targets, as well as targets of opportunity, satellites and aircraft. It provides greater range, increased accuracy, greater resistance to environmental and man-made electronic clutter, higher reliability and sustainability than currently deployed radars. It is comprised of 37 individual radar modular assemblies (RMA), each of which is a self-contained radar. 

Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) is the naval component of the Missile Defense Agency’s Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). Aegis BMD builds upon the Aegis Weapon System, Standard Missile, Navy and joint forces’ Command, Control and Communication systems. The Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force, formally found Aegis BMD to be operationally effective and suitable. The U.S. Navy embraces BMD as a core mission. In recognition of its scalability, Aegis BMD/SM-3 system is a keystone in the Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) for missile defense in Europe.

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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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