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Air Force

MDA, Lockheed Martin Successfully Test Ballistic Missile Target

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

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MDA, Lockheed Martin Successfully Test Ballistic Missile Target

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said they successfully tested a prototype air-launched Extended Medium-range Ballistic Missile (eMRBM) target at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. In the test, a full-scale prototype of the eMRBM target was released from the cargo Prototype eMRBM Developed By Lockheed Martin for MDA Photo: MDA bay of an Air Force C-17 aircraft at 25,000 feet. The system’s parachutes deployed, and the prototype successfully separated from the carriage extraction system. The prototype is a…

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