AN/SPY-1 Aegis phased-array radar.

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The AN/SPY-1 is a Lockheed Martin/RCA shipboard S-band phased-array radar, the sensor core of the Aegis Combat System, mounted on the USS Princeton. During the 2004 Tic Tac event it produced…

The AN/SPY-1 is a Lockheed Martin/RCA shipboard S-band phased-array radar, the sensor core of the Aegis Combat System, mounted on the USS Princeton. During the 2004 Tic Tac event it produced multi-day tracks of objects descending rapidly from very high altitude. It matters as the high-fidelity radar evidence underpinning the Nimitz case.

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Kevin Day (USN, ret.).USS Nimitz "Tic Tac" Encounter (2004).USS Princeton (CG-59).