Aegis Ashore

Type: Product

Name: Aegis Ashore

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Aegis BMD System Intercepts Mock Warhead

Posted in Naval, SpaceThe U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMD) successfully intercepted a mock-warhead above the earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean May 15, Pentagon officials said.A separating ... [Published DoD Buzz - May 17 2013]

Entities: missile, Warhead, SM-3 Block IB, Rick Lehner

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Lockheed Martin Corp

Lockheed Martin's Second Generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Successfully Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target

/PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system achieved its fourth intercept since May 2012. The system successfully launched and guided a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB missile to engage ... [Published TickerTech.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Ballistic Missile, Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense, Lockheed Martin Corp

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Raytheon Company

Raytheon's Standard Missile-3 Receives $28 Million in New Funding

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN ) landed another big contract win from the Pentagon Monday.The Department of Defense awarded its Missile Systems division a modification to a pre-existing contract to perform "post-preliminary design review work" on the Standard Missile-3 ... [Published Motley Fool Discussion Boards - May 07 2013]

Entities: Raytheon Company, Standard Missile-3, Lockheed Martin Corp, Motley Fool, Aegis Ashore

First reported Apr 06 2013 - Updated Apr 06 2013 - 1 reports

US Navy

Land-based system to scan for missiles

Gray and ominous, topped by radar turrets and satellite dishes, the USS Rancocas looks so like a warship it just might glide one day through the cornfields of Moorestown and out to sea.Up close, however, the landmark "cruiser in a cornfield" on Lockheed ... [Published Philadelphia Inquirer - Apr 06 2013]

Entities: Lockheed Martin Corp, missile, Aegis Combat System, Missile Defense, US Navy

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...of successes with this third consecutive successful intercept," said Vice President of Missile Defense and Strategic Systems, Michael Bright. "The TDACS has demonstrated exceptional performance under varying test scenarios for all flight tests. This flight testing and the recent successful TDACS ground qualification testing provide Raytheon and the MDA with the confidence that this system is ready to move into production and become the workhorse for the fleet. I am extremely proud of the Aerojet TDACS team. The long hours and individual sacrifices may be what no one sees, but they see the results and the world will be a safer place for this effort. We are proud to be a part of the Raytheon team."

Aerojet Rocket Motors Contribute To Third Standard Missile-3 Block IB Intercept [Published TheStreet.com - May 16 2013]

...sophisticated ballistic missile threats," said Nick Bucci, director of BMD development programs for Lockheed Martin's Mission Systems and Training. "Each success reaffirms Aegis as the foundation of a variety of systems that can combat the world's increasingly sophisticated enemy threats." This firing test event marks the 10th time in four years that the USS Lake Erie and her crew have successfully performed at-sea operations against cruise...

Lockheed Martin's Second Generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Successfully Intercept ... [Published TickerTech.com - May 16 2013]

...notified Russia of plans to withdraw from the 1972 ABM Treaty, renamed the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization the , and ordered the Pentagon to "proceed with fielding an initial set of missile defense capabilities" within two years...

U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense [Published Council On Foreign Relations - May 02 2013]

"The rocket science has not changed from what we do at sea" Scanlon said. "We're just packaging it differently."

Land-based system to scan for missiles [Published Philadelphia Inquirer - Apr 06 2013]