Armament

Lockheed Martin’s JASSM® Extended Range Successfully Completes IOT&E Flight Testing

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Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM®) Extended Range successfully completed U.S. Air Force Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) flight testing, scoring 20 successes in 21 flights, a success rate of 95 percent. The JASSM-ER missiles demonstrated their effectiveness against a wide variety of operationally representative targets. The missiles were employed in … Dowiedz się więcej

PAC-3 MSE successfully engaged, intercepted and destroyed a tactical ballistic missile

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DALLAS — Lockheed Martin’s (LMT) PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) successfully engaged, intercepted and destroyed a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target today at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The first interceptor destroyed the target and the second PAC-3 MSE Missile self-destructed as planned. „Today’s flight test provided another example of how the PAC-3 MSE Missile … Dowiedz się więcej

Meteor has been successfully launched from Eurofighter Typhoon

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The Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile has been successfully launched from a Eurofighter Typhoon as part of the Future Enhancements Flight Test Programme. The missile was eject-launched from a rear fuselage missile station, which on Eurofighter Typhoon is semi-conformal for aircraft drag and radar signature reduction. The missile motor was fired, providing data that … Dowiedz się więcej

Successful MEADS test

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ORLANDO/MUNICH/ROME, November 29, 2012 – The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) detected, tracked, intercepted and destroyed an air-breathing target in its first-ever intercept flight test today at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The test achieved all criteria for success. MEADS is a next-generation, ground-mobile air and missile defense system that incorporates 360-degree radars, netted and distributed … Dowiedz się więcej

First phase of the development of the David Sling Weapon System (DSWS)

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The Israel Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency completed the first phase of the development of the David Sling Weapon System (DSWS) by conducting a successful interception test. This test included for the first time a successful interception by the Stunner Missile of the DSWS. The test was conducted by Rafael advanced … Dowiedz się więcej