Air & Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) System

Abstract

The Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) program consists of the AN/SPY-6(V) Family Of Radars (FoR): - AN/SPY-6(V)1 (DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class Flight III guided missile destroyer), - AN/SPY-6(V)2 (Nimitz class Carriers, America class LHA, and San Antonio class LPD), - AN/SPY-6(V)3 (Ford class Carriers, future Frigate), and - AN/SPY-6(V)4 (DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer backfit). AN/SPY-6(V)1 and (V)4 will provide multi-mission capabilities, simultaneously supporting both long range, exoatmospheric detection, tracking and discrimination of ballistic missiles, as well as Area and Self Defense against air and surface threats. For the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability, increased radar sensitivity and bandwidth over current radar systems are needed to detect, track and support engagements of advanced ballistic missile threats at the required ranges, concurrent with Area and Self Defense against Air and Surface threats. 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. This effort provides for the development of an active phased array radar with the required capabilities to address the evolving threat. The AN/SPY-6(V) FoR will obtain performance and technology enhancements throughout their service life based upon an approach that includes modularity of hardware and software, a scalable design and Open Architecture (OA). FY21 includes integration efforts and associated development for AN/SPY-6(V)2 and (V)3 (Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR)) to integrate with Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) and meet the performance requirements contained in the Battlespace Awareness ICD. AN/SPY-6(V)3 is the primary air surveillance radar supporting ship self-defense, situational awareness and Air Traffic Control (ATC) for Ford class Carriers. For other ship classes, AN/SPY-6(V)2 will be the primary radar for self-defense and situational awareness with the ancillary role of being the backup ATC radar. FY21 includes funds to backfit Active Electronically-Steered Array (AESA) and digital beamforming technology on a Flight IIA DDG and to continue development of Advanced Distributed Radar (ADR) capability for integration into AN/SPY-6(V). ADR capability will enhance BMD detection performance (for AN/SPY-6(V)1 and (V)4), increase AN/SPY-6(V) sensitivity at large scan angles, and enable AN/SPY-6(V) to operate in receive-only mode in cooperation with another AN/SPY-6(V) radar. This capability will also improve Anti-Air Warfare (AAW) warfighting capabilities for all AN/SPY-6 variants.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2021
• Source ID: 0604522N_5_1319_PB_2021
• Change Summary Explanation: FY19: decrease of -$0.929M is due to SBIR transfer. FY20: decrease of $17M is due to engineering change testing and evaluation early to need and Advanced Distribution Radar (ADR) development and integration concurrency. FY21: increase of +$0.193M is due to minor rate adjustments.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Space
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Aerial Warfare
• Air Defense
• Air Traffic
• Air Traffic Control Radar
• Arleigh Burke Class
• Ballistic Missiles
• Defense Systems
• Guided Missiles
• Navy
• Phased Array Radar
• Radar
• Situational Awareness
• Surveillance Radar
• Systems Engineering
• Test And Evaluation
• Uss Arleigh Burke

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• Microelectronics