Armament

Upgrades boost ballistic missile defense radar’s performance to protect against missile raid

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Ballistic missile raids — large numbers of simultaneously launched weapons — may soon have a tougher time penetrating allied air defenses. Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has started upgrading the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar’s signal and data processing equipment (SDPE) to enable the „brains” of the radar to more quickly and accurately discriminate threats from … Dowiedz się więcej

US Army, Raytheon complete AI3 live-fire demonstration

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The U.S. Army and Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) completed the live-fire demonstration phase of the new Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative program. Testing took place Sept. 16-30 at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. During the tests, the AI3 system destroyed 22 of 24 threats. The demonstration included a „for the record” assessment of AI3 against 107mm rocket … Dowiedz się więcej

MEADS Multifunction Fire Control Radar Tracks Tactical Ballistic Missile for First Time

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In preparation for an upcoming dual-intercept test later this year, a Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) successfully acquired and tracked a Lance tactical ballistic missile (TBM) at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. This was the first attempt by a MEADS radar to track a live TBM. The X-band MFCR … Dowiedz się więcej

US Army awards Raytheon $71.7 million to continue modernizing Patriot fleet

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Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) received $71.7 million in contracts from the U.S. Army to upgrade the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System with the modernized Radar Digital Processor (RDP) and Modern Man Station (MMS). The increased processing power of the RDP improves the radar’s reliability by 40 percent. The greater situational awareness with the new … Dowiedz się więcej

Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Completes Successful Intercept Flight Test

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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS Lake Erie (CG 70) successfully conducted an operational flight test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, resulting in the intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean by the Aegis BMD 4.0 Weapon System and … Dowiedz się więcej