The US Navy's Advanced Enclosed Mast/Sensor (AEM/S) system fully integrates advanced materials, structures, and manufacturing technologies with sensor technology, electromagnetics, and signature reduction.

Apr 23, 2007 · On December 17, 1996 Avondale Industries, Inc., Avondale, LA, was awarded a $641,370,625 cost-plus-award-fee contract for detail design, integration and construction of USS San Antonio (LPD 17), Amphibious Transport Dock …

Oct 30, 2020 · The ship’s advanced enclosed mast / sensor (AEM/S) system consists of two large eight-sided structures, which accommodate the radar and communications antennae with a hybrid frequency-selective surface.

Mar 15, 2016 · These integrated masts allow the exploitation of modern materials and technology to improve sensor performance and coverage with pre-outfitting, leading to reduced cost of construction due to reduced time overruns.

The Advanced Enclosed Mast/Sensors (AEM/S) System mast, a 93-foot-high octagonal structure 35 feet in diameter, is constructed of a multi-layer frequency-selective composite material. It is designed to permit the ship's own sensor frequencies …

Feb 8, 2024 · A closer look at the new aft tripod mast featuring the AN/SPY-6(V)2 EASR. HII Photo. LPD 29 and the Flight II ships will be equipped with Raytheon’s AN/SPY-6(V)2 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar. This new radar is set to replace the AN/SPS-48G radar on prior vessels.

May 30, 2003 · When shipyard workers lifted the 83.7-foot high aft Advanced Enclosed Mast/Sensor system (AEM/S) into place on the amphibious transport dock's superstructure, San Antonio became the first ship...

Advanced capabilities of the San Antonio-class includes an enclosed, low radar cross-section mast and sensors suite; and a shipboard computing wide-area network with over 760 fiber-optic cable drops.

USS New Orleans (LPD-18), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the fourth commissioned ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mar 18, 2009 · The largest composite topside structure aboard a U.S. Navy ship, the AEM/S System was installed aboard the Spruartce Class multimission destroyer USS Arthur W. Radford DD 968 on 17 May 1997 to replace her main (aft) mast.