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Missile Defense

Army And RTX Tests LTAMDS and PAC-2 Again With GEM-T Variant

Wednesday, February 12th, 2025

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Army And RTX Tests LTAMDS and PAC-2 Again With GEM-T Variant

Raytheon's LTAMDS radar. (Chris Navin Photographer, Advanced Media)

The Army and RTX’s Raytheon [RTX] said its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) recently completed another successful live-fire test with the Patriot missile defense system with another interceptor missile variant. During a Feb. 7 test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., LTAMDS successfully detected, tracked and classified a surrogate cruise missile threat while integrated with the Northrop Grumman Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) that links sensors to various shooters. The Army said IBCS then determined an engagement…

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