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MDA And Japan Demonstrate Aegis Software On SPY-7 Radar For Third Time

Tuesday, September 13th, 2022

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MDA And Japan Demonstrate Aegis Software On SPY-7 Radar For Third Time

The Solid State Radar Integration Site (SSRIS) at Lockheed Martin’s Moorestown, NJ, facility, used to test the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) systems. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

Last month, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Navy, and Japanese government verified a third successful demonstration of software allowing Japan to use the SPY-7 radar on an Aegis-capable ship for missile defense uses. MDA, the Navy Aegis Technical Representative and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on Aug. 10 witnessed a third successful demonstration of the J7.B Japanese variant of the Aegis software build in support of the Japan Aegis System-Equipped Vessel (ASEV) program), the agency said on Sept. 13. The…

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