Photo by Molly Burgess | USN Military Sealift Command | 12.10.2025
The radome is replaced onboard Military Sealift Command’s (MSC’s) Sea-Based X-band radar (SBX-1) after its original radome reached the end of its life cycle. The replacement was completed Dec. 10, 2025, during a routine shipyard availability at Ford Island. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo.)...
Photo by Molly Burgess | USN Military Sealift Command | 06.18.2025
Military Sealift Command’s (MSC’s) Sea-Based X-band radar (SBX-1) replacement radome is inflated prior to being shipped. SBX-1's original radome is being replaced due to reaching its end-of-life cycle after 20 years. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo.)...
Photo by Molly Burgess | USN Military Sealift Command | 06.18.2025
The inflated replacement Military Sealift Command’s (MSC’s) Sea-Based X-band radar (SBX-1) radome is maneuvered to the empty Radome Envelope Container as it is prepared for shipping. SBX-1's original radome is being replaced due to it reaching its end-of-life cycle after 20 years. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo.)...
Photo by Molly Burgess | USN Military Sealift Command | 06.17.2025
Military Sealift Command’s (MSC’s) Sea-Based X-band radar (SBX-1) replacement radome is lifted in preparation to be inserted into a Radome Envelope Container for shipping. SBX-1's original radome is being replaced due to reaching its end-of-life cycle after 20 years. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo.)...
Photo by Molly Burgess | USN Military Sealift Command | 06.17.2025
The Radome Envelope Container stands upright with Military Sealift Command’s (MSC’s) Sea-Based X-band radar SBX-1 replacement radome inside. SBX-1's original radome is being replaced due to reaching its end-of-life cycle after 20 years. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo.)...
Photo by Todd Cromar | Hill Air Force Base | 04.06.2023
A radome structure in April 2023 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, after a being retrofitted with new and advanced composite waterproof exterior panels. This radome structure is a test and engineering facility for the North American’s early warning radar defense system, known as the North Warning System. (Courtesy photo)...
Photo by Todd Cromar | Hill Air Force Base | 03.21.2023
Crews deploy a newly developed temporary inflatable work enclosure over a radome structure in December 2022 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, which can protect workers from inclement weather when doing maintenance on the radome’s exterior panels. This radome structure is a test and engineering facility for the North American’s early warning radar defense system, known as the North Warning......
Photo by Senior Airman Danielle McBride | Space Base Delta 2 | 03.14.2023
Radomes provide strategic and theater missile warning for the United States and its international allies, at Buckley Space Force Base, Colo., March 14, 2023. Space Delta 4, the missile warning Delta, contributes heavily to missile defense, space domain awareness, battlespace awareness and technical intelligence missions in support of combatant commanders. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior......
