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Lockheed Martin’s Lemmo Touts Quick Pace From Contract To Successful Guam Missile Defense Test

Lockheed Martin’s Lemmo Touts Quick Pace From Contract To Successful Guam Missile Defense Test
Acting Under Secretary of the Navy Tom Mancinelli receives a briefing during his tour of the Vertical Launch System (VLS) site on Oct. 17, 2024. The visit provided insights into the site's role in protecting Guam and the Indo-Pacific region from ballistic missile threats, underscoring the importance of the MK-41 system in regional defense operations. (Photo: U.S. Navy by William J. Busby III)

The pace at which Lockheed Martin [LMT] and an industry-government team went from contract award to a successful flight-test last December of a missile defense system based on Guam in less than two years is “unprecedented,” according to a company executive. The first flight-test of the Missile Defense Agency’s Defense of Guam system employing Lockheed Martin’s AN/TPY-6 radar, MK 41 Vertical Launch System, and the RTX [RTX] Standard Missile-3 Block IIA that intercepted a medium range ballistic missile target was…

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