Overview
- Raytheon delivered and installed the first SPY‑6(V)4 radar array at the Navy’s Surface Combat Systems Center on Wallops Island, Virginia, to begin land‑based testing.
- The array will undergo extensive tests of radar, power and combat‑system interfaces at Wallops before shipboard work, with testing scheduled to continue through mid‑2028.
- The tested unit is planned for later installation aboard Arleigh Burke‑class destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG‑91) so the Navy can refine DDG Mod 2.0 backfit procedures and reduce shipyard time.
- The move follows a July contract modification that adds $1.8 billion in production funding for Raytheon with options that could raise cumulative value to about $3.4 billion to expand factory capacity and staffing.
- SPY‑6 uses modular Radar Modular Assemblies that let one radar architecture serve multiple ship types, and Wallops integration with a dedicated power system is meant to speed installations and inform broader fleet modernization plans.