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Lockheed Martin Performs Important Aegis BMD Flight Test Tracking Exercise

Defense Daily Staff

Sunday, January 19th, 2014

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it successfully performed on Jan. 15 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 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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