Armament

Raytheon completes critical component of ninth AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar

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Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has completed the manufacturing of an Antenna Equipment Unit for the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar. An integral part of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), the AN/TPY-2 searches, discriminates between threats and non-threats, acquires and tracks threat ballistic missiles. AN/TPY-2 is a mobile X-band radar that helps protect the U.S., … Dowiedz się więcej

Lockheed Martin’s Second Generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Successfully Intercepts Most Sophisticated Target To Date

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Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], the Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Navy successfully demonstrated, on the first attempt, the second generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System’s capability to engage a sophisticated, separating short range ballistic missile target with two Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB guided missiles that were fired and guided to intercept … Dowiedz się więcej

US Navy launches two Raytheon-made SM-3 missiles against single ballistic missile target

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In a Missile Defense Agency test, the U.S. Navy launched two Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)-made Standard Missile-3 Block IBs from the USS Lake Erie against a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target. The first guided missile successfully destroyed the target using the sheer kinetic force of a massive collision in space. The SM-3 is a … Dowiedz się więcej

Raytheon awarded $14 million for HARM Control Section Modification Lot 2 contract

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The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a $14 million Lot 2 contract to continue full rate production of High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) Control Section Modification (HCSM) upgrade units. The modification adds a GPS receiver and an improved inertial measurement unit (IMU) for precision navigation to the existing HARM. HCSM also features a … Dowiedz się więcej

ATK Delivers 100th Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) to U.S. Navy

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ATK (NYSE: ATK) reached a significant achievement on the path to Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) Full Operational Capability (FOC) with delivery of the 100th AARGM to the U.S. Navy. Elected officials and U.S. Navy leaders attended a commemoration ceremony at the ATK Ridgecrest California Production facility in honor of the milestone. Attendees included 23rd … Dowiedz się więcej

Successful Missile Defense Test Against Multiple Targets

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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Operational Test Agency, Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, and U.S. Pacific Command, in conjunction with U.S. Army soldiers from the Alpha Battery, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, U.S. Navy sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG-73), and U.S. Air Force … Dowiedz się więcej