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Army, Raytheon Demonstrate Patriot Air Defense System Ability To Fire Multiple Missile Types

Army, Raytheon Demonstrate Patriot Air Defense System Ability To Fire Multiple Missile Types
Raytheon scored a $2.4 billion order with Qatar in December for the Patriot air and missile defense system, boosting bookings. Photo: Raytheon

The Army and Raytheon [RTN] recently demonstrated the ability of an upgraded Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) system to detect incoming threat missiles and launch multiple interceptors to destroy them.Upgraded with a suite of improvements collectively known as Post-Deployment Build 8 (PDB-8), Patriot in a March 17 test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., AIAMD successfully detected, tracked and engaged a threat-representative ballistic missile target.The networked air-defense system then destroyed the incoming missile by launching both a Patriot…

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