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NATO Air And Missile Defense Exercises Used Kratos Targets And Raytheon Missiles

NATO Air And Missile Defense Exercises Used Kratos Targets And Raytheon Missiles
Ships steam in formation during exercise Formidable Shield 19 on May 9, 2019.. Formidable Shield is designed to improve allied interoperability in a live-fire, integrated air and missile defense environment using NATO command and control reporting structures. (Photo: U.S. Navy).

The U.S. and NATO Formidable Shield 2019 exercise, which concluded on May 19, used several Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] targets and Raytheon-made [RTN] interceptors during a weeks-long air and missile defense exercise. The biennial exercise started on May 7 and aimed to improve allied interoperability in a live-fire integrated air and missile defense environment while using NATO command and control reporting structures. It took place in the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Hebrides Range near the Western Isles of Scotland.…

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