
BAE Systems and United Technologies Corp. [UTX] this week said they have completed a successful guided flight test of the Multi-Service Standard Guided Projectile (MS-SGP) at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. All MS-SGP guided flight test objectives were achieved, demonstrating its performance from a 5-inch 62-caliber Mk 45 Mod 4 Naval Gun System. MS-SGP has been in development about three years and is internally funded. “Thus far we have spent approximately $45 million,” Tom Pfenning, director, Munitions Programs, told Defense…