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  • Lockheed Tests Integration of PAC-3 Missile Interceptor With Aegis' AN/SPY-1 Radar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Tests Integration of PAC-3 Missile Interceptor With Aegis’ AN/SPY-1 Radar

    Lockheed Martin completed a test focused on the integration of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor with the Aegis Weapon System’s AN/SPY-1 Radar. The missile interceptor was able to communicate with the radar after its radio frequency data link was converted from dual band to tri-band, resulting in an S-band frequency, the company […] More

  • MDA Tests Lockheed Aegis Combat System Baseline 9.C1 on Navy Destroyer Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Tests Lockheed Aegis Combat System Baseline 9.C1 on Navy Destroyer Ship

    The Missile Defense Agency has collaborated with the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Pacific Command to demonstrate the target detection features of a Lockheed Martin-built Aegis weapon system installed on the USS John Paul Jones guided-missile destroyer. MDA said Tuesday the Aegis Baseline 9.C1 Weapon System worked to detect and track a medium-range ballistic missile target that was launched from the Pacific […] More

  • MDA Tests Aegis BMD System, Assets Against 2 Ballistic Missile Targets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Tests Aegis BMD System, Assets Against 2 Ballistic Missile Targets

    The Missile Defense Agency has performed an operational flight test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system and related assets in an effort to evaluate BMDS’ capability to detect and intercept ballistic missile threats. MDA said Sunday the test’s assets included Lockheed Martin-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon platforms, two Raytheon-made AN/TPY-2 radars and a Lockheed-developed Command, […] More

  • Raytheon, NAVSEA Officials Tour LCR Embedded Systems’ Pennsylvania HQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, NAVSEA Officials Tour LCR Embedded Systems’ Pennsylvania HQ

    Raytheon and Naval Sea Systems Command executives visited LCR Embedded Systems’ Norristown, Pennsylvania-based headquarters on Aug. 11 to check on LCR’s engineering, electronics design and manufacturing operations. LCR said Monday it collaborated with Raytheon to develop the hardware component of the AN/SPY-1 radar for the Navy’s Aegis Combat System installed on surface ships. Nissen Isakov, president […] More

  • MDA Conducts Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Intercept Trial - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Conducts Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Intercept Trial

    The Missile Defense Agency recently conducted a demonstration of the Lockheed Martin-built naval component of its ballistic missile defense system, in collaboration with the U.S. Pacific Command and the U.S. Navy. In the Oct. 16 flight test, a medium-range Raytheon ballistic missile target launched from the Kauai-based Pacific Missile Range Facility was identified, located, engaged and […] More