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Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Raytheon Achieves Critical Dual Band Radar Testing Milestone

Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy successfully completed initial "lightoff" testing of the Dual Band Radar.

The Dual Band Radar is an integrated active phased-array radar suite composed of the X-band AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar and the S-band Volume Search Radar, both of which radiated at high power during lightoff at the Navy's Engineering Test Center, Wallops Island, Va.

"This is an enormous milestone for Raytheon and the Navy -- demonstrating the reliability and effectiveness of the most advanced naval surface radar in the world," said Raytheon Integrated Defense System's Bob Martin, vice president and deputy of Seapower Capability Systems.

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