The Boeing-built Sea-Based X-band Radar (pdf) is moving around in Seattle’s Elliott Bay, but it’s not leaving yet. The billion-dollar Missile Defense Agency radar is undergoing maintenance and upgrades at Vigor Shipyards, under a subcontract from Boeing. It’s moving to making room for a similarly massive Shell ice-breaking oil platform, the Kulluk, which will pull into the inside slip at Vigor for maintenance, Boeing and Missile Defense Agency spokespeople said Tuesday.
The radar is designed to track missiles and relay targeting data to a laser. It arrived at Vigor, on Harbor Island, in May and is expected to remain until August. Upgrades include adding the ability to plug into shore power, rather than having to use its six diesel generators while in port, and adding redundant power and radar systems.
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