Lockheed Martin’s Aegis Combat System Showcases Integrated Air & Missile Defense Capabilities
Lockheed Martin’s Aegis Combat System Showcases Integrated Air & Missile Defense Capabilities
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Martin’s Aegis Combat System Showcases Integrated Air & Missile
Defense Capabilities
Lockheed
Martin’s Aegis Combat System recently demonstrated simultaneous
anti-air warfare and ballistic missile defense capabilities during its
first integrated air and missile defense test.
The successful test verified the capabilities of the most recent upgrade
to the Aegis system, known as Baseline 9, which will provide integrated
air and missile defense for the U.S. Navy’s fleet to engage multiple
threats at the same time. This test also marks the first time the Aegis
system has used the multi-mission signal processor (MMSP) in a real-world
environment where external aircraft are “jamming” the system.
U.S. Navy's land-based test facility, the Vice Admiral James H. Doyle
Combat Systems Engineering Development Site in Moorestown, N.J.
"It’s an exciting time to be part of Aegis’
evolution,” said Jim Sheridan, director of Aegis Baseline 9 programs
for Lockheed Martin's Mission Systems & Sensors business. “This
test is the culmination of two years of hard work by our Lockheed Martin
engineers and marks the start of a new era where the Navy no longer
has to choose between air or missile defense capabilities for any given
mission."
The demonstration was conducted at the U.S. Navy's land-based test facility,
the Vice Admiral James H. Doyle Combat Systems Engineering Development
Site in Moorestown, N.J. Manufacturing work for the program will be
performed in New Jersey, as well.
As a supplement to the Navy's Baseline 9 system, MMSP combines next-generation
Aegis BMD and anti-air warfare capabilities in an open combat system
architecture. The processor is scalable and easily upgradeable.
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