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MDA And Navy Test Aegis Against Hypersonic Target

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MDA And Navy Test Aegis Against Hypersonic Target
A Medium Range Ballistic Missile with a Hypersonic Target Vehicle (HTV) - 1 front end is air launched from a C-17 aircraft off the coast of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii, during Flight Test Other-40, or FTX-40 on March 24, 2025. (Photo: MDA)

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Navy tested using the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Aegis Combat System against a maneuvering hypersonic target on March 24, the government said Tuesday. In the March 24 Flight Test Other-40 (FTX-40), or Stellar Banshee, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG-91) used its Sea Based Terminal (SBT) Increment 3 to demonstrate using the latest Aegis software baseline to detect, track and perform a simulated Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Block IAU engagement against an “advanced maneuvering hypersonic target.” …

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