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Missile Defense

Aegis Ashore Poland Set To Be Operational By End Of 2022

Monday, November 22nd, 2021

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Aegis Ashore Poland Set To Be Operational By End Of 2022

The Aegis Ashore Poland site at the Naval Support Facility Redzikowo after four SPY–1D(V) radar arrays and the fire control illuminator were installed onto the site deckhouse in early May 2021. (Photo: MDA)

The Poland Aegis Ashore site is expected to be operational by the end of 2022, the program executive for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense at the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said last week. Rear Adm. Tom Druggan said the Poland site is making progress but acknowledged it was a “bad news story in terms of we have been delayed. And my part, which is to install the Aegis Weapon System, has been delayed as we work the military construction with our…

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