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Lockheed Martin’s Latest Aegis BMD Capability Completes Formal Testing

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Friday, October 1st, 2010

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By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] successfully demonstrated the second generation of its Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability, known as 4.0.1, that will defeat more complex ballistic missile threats, the company said Aegis BMD 4.0.1 also introduces the latest signal processor, which improves target identification for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Navy, Lockheed Martin said in a statement. "4.0.1 brings a lot more capability from the perspective of being able to identify the complex threat that a ballistic…

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