Inside the 280-foot-tall radar undergoing upgrades in Hawaii
The Missile Defense Agency hosted a tour of the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Thursday. The SBX vessel is going through regular maintenance and system upgrades at the base after a record 622 days at sea.
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The Missile Defense Agency hosted a tour of the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on Thursday. The SBX vessel is going through regular maintenance and system upgrades at the base after a record 622 days at sea. Pictured is an overall view of the vessel which shows the X-band radar, covered with the massive white protective radome.
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The vessel is mounted atop a semi-submersible oil platform which has two pontoons submerged in the water beneath the columns.
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SBX Project Manager Robert “Bob” Dees with vessel behind him at Ford Island.
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People climb a stair scaffolding to get on top of the vessel.
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Monitors are seen in the Operation Control Center of the vessel.
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SBX Project Manager Robert “Bob” Dees explains the positioning of the SBX for optimum missile defense coverage with a globe. Assisting Dees is David Clark, chief engineer, X-Band Radars.
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Pictured is a detail of the array face of the X-band radar. The face holds 45,056 individual radar horns which have semi-conductor modules behind them that transmit and receive radio frequencies.
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Pictured is a detail of the array face of the X-band radar. The face holds 45,056 individual radar horns which have semi-conductor modules behind them that transmit and receive radio frequencies.
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SBX Project Manager Robert “Bob” Dees is seen during the tour.
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Pictured is the array face of the X-band radar. The face holds 45,056 individual radar horns which have semi-conductor modules behind them that transmit and receive radio frequencies.
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Pictured is the array face of the X-band radar, left. and the interior of the radome which covers it.
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The massive white protective radome protects the X-band radar inside of it.
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A worker sands one of the decks of the vessel.
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Pictured is an overall view of the vessel’s bridge.
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People take pictures from the air flight deck of SBX during the tour.
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SBX Third Mate Geri Villan is seen in the vessel’s store.
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