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RTX Tested SM-6 Integrated With LTAMDS And IBCS

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RTX Tested SM-6 Integrated With LTAMDS And IBCS
An SM-6 is launched from the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) during Flight Test Standard Missile-27 Event 2 (FTM-27 E2) to intercept a medium-range ballistic missile (MBRB) target in 2017. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

RTX’s Raytheon [RTX] business unit recently tested launching the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) while using the Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) and Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS). The test occurred during the biannual Valiant Shield 2024 international exercise hosted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) June 7-18. In the test, RTX used tracking data from Army LTAMDS simulators and an operational SM-6 engagement control software connected with IBCS. The company argued this demonstrated “the…

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