The US Missile Defense Agency has received its first upgraded AN/TPY-2 radar to detect, track, and discriminate among ballistic missile threats.
Fully equipped with a Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor, the Raytheon radar features significantly enhanced detection sensitivity, range, and surveillance capacity that makes it optimal for hypersonic defense.
It also uses the latest CX6 high-performance computing software for precise target discrimination and electronic attack protection, and operates in the X-band of the electromagnetic spectrum to accurately distinguish between threats and non-threatening objects.
While it is the first radar with GaN delivered to the agency, it is overall the 13th AN/TPY-2 radar Washington has received.
