Cobham Antenna Systems is building critical electronic components for transfer of shipboard power to the Aegis SPY-1D(v) radar on board new Arleigh Burke–class destroyers. The work, under a new contract awarded by Aegis prime contractor Lockheed Martin’s MS2 business unit, is for production of about 3,700 radio and microwave assemblies at Cobham’s Exeter, New Hampshire, facilities.
The SPY-1D(v) is an advanced variant of the SPY-1 phased-array radar, the primary air-defense radar for Ticonderoga-class cruisers as well as the Burke destroyers. Also called the “littoral warfare radar,” the 1D(v) provides search, detection, and tracking of antiship missiles for newer Burkes, and is capable of tracking low-flying targets through dense atmospheric clutter.
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