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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

100th SPY-1 radar system

AN/SPY-1 RadarNext week, defense giant Lockheed Martin will deliver the 100th SPY-1 radar system at its facility in Moorestown, New Jersey.

The radar will equip the Navy's newest warship, an as-yet-unnamed Arleigh Burke-class destroyer bearing the hull number DDG-108.

SPY-1, better known as Aegis, has been the world standard for naval air defense radars since the first was installed on the cruiser Ticonderoga in 1986.

These days Aegis equips 22 U.S. cruisers, an eventual total of 62 Burke destroyers and is planned for the super-sophisticated Zumwalt-class destroyer, the first of which will join the fleet in 2012.

In addition, the Spanish, South Korean, Japanese, Norwegian and Australian navies have bought Aegis for their main combat ships.

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