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Army

Lockheed Martin Performs Important Aegis BMD Flight Test Tracking Exercise

Pat Host

Wednesday, January 15th, 2014

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Lockheed Martin Performs Important Aegis BMD Flight Test Tracking Exercise

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery fires an interceptor missile. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it successfully performed Wednesday an Aegis Ashore missile defense exercise called “flight test tracking exercise No. 18,” which a company official said included multiple unitary short range ballistic missiles and multiple ships at sea. Lockheed Martin Director of Ballistic Missile Defense Development Programs Nick Bucci said Wednesday the Aegis Ashore system tracked multiple unitary short-range ballistic missiles and performed simulated engagements against all targets during the exercise. In addition to the two ships at sea, the…

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