I was just curious.  The precursor was the Tartar system, on Spruance=20
class destroyers.  That was the system I worked on in the Navy.  The=20
AN/SPS39 was a phased array height finding search radar, and the=20
AN/SPG51 ('my' radar) was guidance.  The 51 was retained under Aegis,=20
although the 39 was replaced by the AN/SPY1, which is the actual=20
hexagonal antennas that people associate with Aegis.  I know it's not a=20
secret, just didn't know how well it was known outside a small circle.

Kerry


Olin Lathrop wrote:
> Kerry Wentworth wrote:
>  =20
>> Is Aegis common knowledge these days?  Or do you have some specific
>> experience with it?
>>    =20
>
> The Aegis radar on the Arleigh Burke class destroyers has been publicly
> known for a long time.  I'm sure a bunch of important details are
> classified, but the general principal of a phased array radar is well kno=
wn,
> and didn't originate with the Aegis system anyway.  Besides, it wouldn't
> take experts on the other side long to figure out what the funny looking
> large hexagonal panels high on the sides of the ship are for.
>
>
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