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RTX Successfully Tests LTAMDS To Defeat Cruise Missile Target

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RTX Successfully Tests LTAMDS To Defeat Cruise Missile Target
Raytheon's LTAMDS radar. (Chris Navin Photographer, Advanced Media)

RTX [RTX] used the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) to successfully help guide an intercept of a cruise missile type target, the company said on Monday. The live-fire test is one in a set of development tests for LTAMDS, which is slated to become the new Army Patriot air defense systems’ radar. The test occurred at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. In the test, a “cruise missile surrogate” flew a representative threat trajectory that was acquired and…

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