Naval Sea Systems Command:


Shipyard work is currently underway to equip the future USS Jack H. Lucas with an AN/SPY-6 radar system. The early integration testing of this advanced radar leveraged a series of successful test events conducted in 2020 within a virtualized environment provided by Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) at approximately one-twentieth the cost of traditional land-based test equipment sets. Dahlgren engineers say that similar IT concepts could be applied on computer systems across the Navy, with reductions in size, weight, power, cost and cooling.

The AN/SPY-6 is a central feature of the Flight III variant Arleigh Burke-class of guided missile destroyers, providing a simultaneous Anti-Air Warfare and Ballistic Missile Defense capability. The Navy regards the AN/SPY-6 and related variants as the fleet’s next generation radar system, and plans their deployment across six classes of ships in the future…



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