The firms Raytheon Technologies and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) will install the Spy-6 Radar on the Flight III Arleigh Burke-class missile destroyers to improve technology in radar detection.
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HII splashes US Navy’s 1st Flight III Arleigh Burke destroyer June 9, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic
The US Navy’s first DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to be built in the Flight III configuration, the future Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), was launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Ingalls Shipbuilding division, on June 4.
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Specifically, the DDG 51 Flight III upgrade is centered on the AN/SPY-6(V)1 air and missile defense radar and incorporates upgrades to the electrical power and cooling capacity plus additional associated changes to provide greatly enhanced warfighting capability to the fleet.
The Flight III baseline begins with DDGs 125-126 and will continue with DDG 128 and follow on ships.
ANDØYA, NORWAY – At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield (ASD/FS), the largest live-fire Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) exercise in 2021 led by U.S. Sixth Fleet and conducted by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), concluded June 2,,