Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
FieldedVessel
Flight III configuration; not fitted to every ship in the class.
Link Confirmed
Sensor · Sea
AN/SPY-6
Family of naval air and missile defense radars.
by RTX
FieldedSensorSeaMilestoneOct 2023
- Milestones1
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- Components1
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Timeline1
- 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.
The latest 10 milestones. 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.
Cost to the Government
Weapon systems · RTX / Raytheon
AN/SPY-6 Radar Family
The Flight III destroyer radar’s procurement and support estimates are separated from the smaller SPY-6 variants.
SPY-6(V)1 average procurement / radar
$226.171M
PB2025 · amended December 2023 SAR · Then-year USD · program estimate
Published APUC for 30 procurement systems; includes procurement scope, not bare array hardware. V2, V3 and V4 are different configurations.
U.S. Navy / DoD ↗U.S. inventory
Not verified
A current U.S. inventory was not established. Annual procurement, cumulative deliveries and production capacity are not a stockpile count.
V1 procurement baseline systems
30
PB2025 SAR snapshot · U.S. only; stated source scope
Historical program denominator, not current installed fleet or number of individual radar faces.
U.S. Navy / DoD ↗SPY-6(V)1 RDT&E program estimate
$1.907B
PB2025 SAR snapshot · Then-year USD · program estimate
V1 subprogram only; other SPY-6 variants have separate development estimates. Historical estimate, not a current appropriation.
U.S. Navy / DoD ↗Cost & funding breakdown
SPY-6(V)1 program acquisition / radar
$290.668M
PB2025 SAR snapshot · Then-year USD · program estimate
PAUC includes allocated development and construction. Not added to the procurement unit figure.
U.S. Navy / DoD ↗SPY-6(V)2 average procurement / radar
$44.541M
PB2025 SAR snapshot · Constant 2024 USD · program estimate
Separate smaller V2 configuration; CY2024 column of the acquisition summary.
U.S. Navy / DoD ↗AMDR family annual RDT&E reference
$96.642M / yr
FY2027 total request · PB2027 · Nominal USD; source budget basis
R-1 PE0604522N AMDR. Annual appropriation, not lifetime development. FY2026 includes listed reconciliation spend-plan funds; FY2027 is requested funding. Shared scope; cannot be attributed solely to this product.
Department of Defense Comptroller ↗Compare like radar variants
V1, V2, V3 and V4 differ in size, configuration and ship integration. A V2 radar price cannot stand in for the four-array V1 system. Program-level support also cannot be compared directly with a whole destroyer’s operating cost.
Operations & sustainment
V1 fleet annual O&S estimate
$86.4M / yr
FY2027 in April 2024 estimate · Constant 2013 USD · program estimate
Fleet-level maintenance, sustaining support and improvements; not per radar or complete ship operations. Unit-level manpower and operations are not populated in this radar estimate.
U.S. Navy / DoD ↗Cost over time · 3 observations
Each row retains its original scope and dollar basis. Changing quantities, service life and inflation can change the estimate without changing the price of building one unit.
| Observation | Measure | Amount | Dollar basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 actual · PB2027 | AMDR family annual RDT&E reference R-1 PE0604522N AMDR. Annual appropriation, not lifetime development. FY2026 includes listed reconciliation spend-plan funds; FY2027 is requested funding. Shared scope; cannot be attributed solely to this product. | $104.171M / yr | Nominal USD; source budget basis | Department of Defense Comptroller ↗ |
| FY2026 total enacted / spend plan · PB2027 | AMDR family annual RDT&E reference R-1 PE0604522N AMDR. Annual appropriation, not lifetime development. FY2026 includes listed reconciliation spend-plan funds; FY2027 is requested funding. Shared scope; cannot be attributed solely to this product. | $74.937M / yr | Nominal USD; source budget basis | Department of Defense Comptroller ↗ |
| FY2027 total request · PB2027 | AMDR family annual RDT&E reference R-1 PE0604522N AMDR. Annual appropriation, not lifetime development. FY2026 includes listed reconciliation spend-plan funds; FY2027 is requested funding. Shared scope; cannot be attributed solely to this product. | $96.642M / yr | Nominal USD; source budget basis | Department of Defense Comptroller ↗ |
Contracts & purchasing · 0 records
Award values, ceilings and purchase agreements have different meanings. These records are not added together as total spending.
No primary-source contract record verified in this review. This does not mean there are no contracts.
Connected missiles & systems
V1 radar and Flight III destroyer
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer →V1 system cost is separate from the complete destroyer and other radar variants.
U.S. Navy / DoD ↗Radar and combat system
Aegis Combat System →SAR describes Aegis Baseline 10 integration; the radar is not the whole combat system.
U.S. Navy / DoD ↗
International buyers
United States · Quantity not verified · Navy acquisition program · PB2025 SAR
Procurement quantities are program baselines, not counts of operational radars on the review date.
U.S. Navy / DoD ↗
Coverage & open research
- Current U.S. inventory and complete annual operating-and-support costs require additional public evidence.
- Buyer records are selected examples, not a complete global order book.
- Contract unit priceEstimated$134MEstimate / 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).
Source
Unit costs and contract unit prices for this system, 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.