Navy awards $619M to Raytheon for SPY-6 radar backfits for destroyers

Navy awards $619M to Raytheon for SPY-6 radar backfits for destroyers
Navy awards $619M to Raytheon for SPY-6 radar backfits for destroyers

The contract is part of a larger deal, cumulatively worth $3.2 billion, the Navy and Raytheon inked in 2022.

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Every next-gen Navy ship will defend against ballistic missiles and other threats with the same radar — the SPY-6

Every next-gen Navy ship will defend against ballistic missiles and other threats with the same radar — the SPY-6
Every next-gen Navy ship will defend against ballistic missiles and other threats with the same radar — the SPY-6

The ability of the SPY-6 family of radars to meet today’s new threats is due to both its modular and scalable hardware and its software-defined backbone.

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The Navy’s newest, most advanced warships will all soon have one thing in common — the SPY-6 radar

The Navy’s newest, most advanced warships will all soon have one thing in common — the SPY-6 radar
The Navy’s newest, most advanced warships will all soon have one thing in common — the SPY-6 radar

The ability to track smaller and faster objects at longer distances gives naval vessels more time to respond to incoming threats.

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Electrification sparks new shipbuilding

Electrification sparks new shipbuilding
Electrification sparks new shipbuilding

Building naval vessels with electric propulsion is a new challenge for shipyards, so “single-system vendors” will be needed to provide the electric propulsion package as a subcontractor to the shipyard.

House Passes NDAA, With $24B In Extra Pentagon Funding and Strings Attached

House Passes NDAA, With $24B In Extra Pentagon Funding and Strings Attached
House Passes NDAA, With $24B In Extra Pentagon Funding and Strings Attached

The NDAA easily passed and now heads to the Senate.

House Authorizers Poised To Restore Navy’s Destroyer — This Time

House Authorizers Poised To Restore Navy’s Destroyer — This Time
House Authorizers Poised To Restore Navy’s Destroyer — This Time

A committee aide said the Navy is “playing a dangerous game” when it includes major battle force ships on its unfunded priority list.

Huge Navy Exercise Helps Admirals Decide How to Remake Fleet

Huge Navy Exercise Helps Admirals Decide How to Remake Fleet
Huge Navy Exercise Helps Admirals Decide How to Remake Fleet

“We are going to do a live-fire offensive exercise,” Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, Carrier Strike Group 3 commander told reporters Tuesday. “We are going to use the unmanned surface, unmanned air, and manned air and surface to provide a targeting solution.”

Navy’s Next Destroyer Will Ensure ‘No Target Is Out Of Range’

Navy’s Next Destroyer Will Ensure ‘No Target Is Out Of Range’
Navy’s Next Destroyer Will Ensure ‘No Target Is Out Of Range’

“We’ve done about all we can do with this ship and we’ve maxed out the space, weight, power and cooling,” Rear Adm. Paul Schlise said. “It’s time to reset to a new large surface combatant.”

Multiple Missiles & Lasers Eyed For Navy’s New Frigate

Multiple Missiles & Lasers Eyed For Navy’s New Frigate
Multiple Missiles & Lasers Eyed For Navy’s New Frigate

“We have ample margin for this hull form,” said Capt. Kevin Smith, the Navy’s frigate program manager. “Some of those could lead to direct energy type projects and other capability. But right now, just as an example for weight, we have at least 100 tons of margin for future upgrades.”

Navy CNO: We Need New Destroyers With More Punch

Navy CNO: We Need New Destroyers With More Punch
Navy CNO: We Need New Destroyers With More Punch

“I don’t want to build a monstrosity. But I need deeper magazines on ships than I have right now,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said today.

How The US Is Preparing To Hunt New Chinese, Russian Subs

How The US Is Preparing To Hunt New Chinese, Russian Subs
How The US Is Preparing To Hunt New Chinese, Russian Subs

“It’s pretty well-known now that our homeland is no longer a sanctuary,” Vice Adm. Daryl Caudle, Submarine Forces Atlantic says. “So we have to be prepared here to conduct high-end combat operations in local waters.”

Small RIMPAC Ends With Big Allied Missile Barrage

Small RIMPAC Ends With Big Allied Missile Barrage
Small RIMPAC Ends With Big Allied Missile Barrage

A video released by the Navy shows Harpoon ship-killing missiles launched by the Canadian frigate HMCS Regina and US destroyer USS Lake Erie tearing into the ship, along with a French-made Exocet missile fired by an offshore patrol vessel from Brunei.

‘If It Floats, It Fights:’ Navy’s New Small Ship Strategy

‘If It Floats, It Fights:’ Navy’s New Small Ship Strategy
‘If It Floats, It Fights:’ Navy’s New Small Ship Strategy

Existing amphibious ships might be the “Swiss Army Knife of the fleet,” but the Navy and Marines want an enemy who “jumps on it in the opening gambit…they’re gonna have the shock of their life.”

Navy Gets Break As Bath Iron Works Strike Finally Ends

Navy Gets Break As Bath Iron Works Strike Finally Ends
Navy Gets Break As Bath Iron Works Strike Finally Ends

As thousands of workers go back on the job at the Maine shipyard, the Navy has a deep readiness hole to dig itself out of.