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Navy, Contractors Test SM-6 Aboard DDG Destroyer

Navy, Contractors Test SM-6 Aboard DDG Destroyer
An Mk 41 VLS launches an SM-6 off the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53). (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy along with prime contractors Raytheon [RTN] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] conducted the first tests of the new SM-6 missile on a destroyer equipped with the latest version of the Aegis combat system, the companies said Wednesday. The testing aboard the USS John Paul Jones (DDG- 53) took place in June off of southern California and involved the firing of three SM-6s at over-the horizon targets, including subsonic low-altitude drones and cruise missiles. All hit the targets. The tests…

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