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Third MEADS Battle Manager Enters Integration Testing

Monday, February 27th, 2012

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] said recently it has begun integration testing on the third completed Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) battle manager at its Huntsville, Ala., facility. MEADS is a tri-national program involving the United States, Germany and Italy and completes its design and development program in 2014. Integration testing on the third battle manager will continue throughout 2012 in support of a ballistic missile intercept test planned at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., in 2013. Two other battle managers are…

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