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Lockheed Martin To Integrate Navy SM-6, Tomahawks For New Army Mid-Range Missile Prototype

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, November 9th, 2020

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Lockheed Martin To Integrate Navy SM-6, Tomahawks For New Army Mid-Range Missile Prototype

The USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) launches a Standard Missile-6 interceptor on June 19, 2014. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a $339.3 million deal to work on the Army’s new mid-range missile capability by integrating Navy SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles with launchers and a battery operations center to deliver a new ground-based weapon prototype. Army officials told Defense Daily the service is aiming to begin fielding the new Mid-Range Capability (MRC) for soldier training in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, before delivering an operational prototype battery in late FY ‘23. “Adapting existing systems…

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