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AN/SPY-6

Family of naval air and missile defense radars.

by RTX

FieldedSensorSeaMilestoneOct 2023
Flight III destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), fitted with AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar arrays, arriving at Naval Base San Diego

Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mikal Chapman · Public domain (PD-USGov-Military-Navy)

Timeline1

  1. MilestoneConfirmed

    First SPY-6-equipped destroyer commissioned

    USS Jack H. Lucas entered commissioned service. This is not a claim of formal radar IOC or first operational deployment.

    SourcesRTX

Solid entries are confirmed, outlined reported, dashed estimated or still to come; dotted italic entries are speculative. Dates show only the precision the sources give.

Used in1

Cost to the government

  • Contract unit priceEstimated
    $134M
    Estimate / observation: 2019-03-14 · Then-year $ · 3 units · FY2019

    Fixed-price-incentive modification to N00024-14-C-5315 exercising AMDR (SPY-6(V)1) LRIP options: $402,658,015 for three AMDR LRIP units for DDG 51 Flight III, fully funded with FY2019 SCN. $402,658,015 / 3 = $134,219,338 per radar (production-only option; LRIP pricing).

    Microwave Journal (DoD contract announcement text)

Unit costs and contract unit prices for this product, and budget figures for the programs that buy it. Each figure states its dollar basis and links its source; contract values are under Programs & awards.

Sources3

  1. 1.
    CompanyRTX awarded $677 million US Navy contract for SPY-6 family of radars

    RTX · Jun 10, 2024 · Supports: System, System milestone

    “USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) that was commissioned in October 2023.”
  2. 2.
    OtherInside the World’s Most Advanced Radar Factory

    Sam Eckholm · Dec 16, 2022 · Supports: System · name

    “SPY-6”
  3. 3.
    NewsUS Navy Awards Raytheon $402M Contract for SPY-6 Radars

    Microwave Journal (DoD contract announcement text) · Mar 20, 2019 · Supports: Cost · amount

    “This modification will provide for three AMDR LRIP units.”

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