Communicate
Cooperate with multiple sensors to create a distributed web of coverage. Coordinate with interceptors to engage the threat.
The next generation in radars
Raytheon’s Advanced Technology business is creating new, software-defined apertures using the full potential of the radio frequency spectrum to handle multiple missions in any domain.
Multiple missions, flexible hardware
Scan and track
Monitor any threat, including drones, ballistic missiles and even hypersonic threats.
Defend
Jam enemy systems and perform other types of electronic warfare with the radar’s own radio frequency power.
Situationally aware
Adjusts in response to weather, elevation and electromagnetic conditions by understanding its external environment.
Unlimited upgrades
Deployable in any domain for any mission, with flexible software that can be upgraded with new apps, similar to a smartphone.
Built for power and speed
Military-grade gallium nitride semiconductors optimize performance, conducting electrons more efficiently than silicon.
“Think of your hardware as a capability that is unlocked with software commands. You may have a radar that is capable of detecting slow low-flying drones and then with software commands you can reoptimize its configuration to detect fast high-flying ballistic missiles. Very different target sets, but we can leverage the power and flexibility of our radar hardware baseline to stay ahead of the threat by upgrading performance through safe, secure software only upgrades.”
Matt Tyhach
Mission Area Director, Raytheon Advanced Technology
“It is not technology for technology’s sake. It’s technology to get capability to the field, and I think we’re all very passionate about that.”
Colin Whelan
Raytheon Advanced Technology business president
“It became obvious that if we tried to build the (SPY-6) radar out of the premier semiconductor at the time, which was gallium arsenide, it was going to be large and expensive because you would have to put together many of these little power amplifier chips to get to the power level you wanted.”
Steve Bernstein
Raytheon Advanced Technology senior engineering fellow
“It created a category of weapons capability that didn’t exist before.”
Kevin Bredehoft
Raytheon Advanced Technology HAWC program manager
“This is going to be eye-watering, transformational performance for the country and our international partners. Just to be a part of it and say, ‘I was there at the beginning, and I helped drive this,’.. I can’t ask for anything more.”
Steve Labitt
Raytheon LTAMDS technical director