17, marking the start of onboard combat system testing and crew training. The ship achieved the “light off” of its Aegis Combat System on Dec. Lucas, the first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, has its AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar installed and up and running. Though Raytheon and the Navy did not detail the next steps for this effort, which began in 2016 and falls under the Navy’s Future Naval Capabilities science and technology program, Cavener said demonstrating flexible hardware with software-defined capabilities is an important first step in realizing distributed maritime operations. “NCR-enabled sensors will have a substantially improved collective capability to see through operational factors that might mask an adversary unit where one ship might not see a contact, a ship in a different part of the battlespace might be well- to track the contact and then share that information with the rest of the force.” “One of the principal benefits of distributed sensing is the ability of forces in different parts of the battlespace to share their tactical data, creating a more complete picture across the force,” Cavener said. This capability could become critical in the future, as adversaries become better at hiding ships, aircraft and weapons in both the physical environment and the electromagnetic environment. “They could, for example, track an object together, communicating information to each other on what each radar ‘sees.’” With this more complete picture of the operating area, the Navy can make better decisions to achieve and maintain sea control and project power, he said.
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