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Friday, January 09, 2009

3 more ships to be converted for BMD role

Three more Aegis warships will be upgraded to take on the ballistic missile defense (BMD) role, bringing the number of ships with the capability to 21, Pentagon and industry sources confirmed Wednesday.

The ships — two cruisers and one destroyer — will all be from the Atlantic Fleet, Lisa Callahan, Lockheed Martin’s vice president for Maritime Ballistic Missile Defense programs, told reporters during a teleconference about Lockheed’s BMD programs.

Chris Taylor, a spokesman for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) — which oversees all Pentagon BMD programs — would not confirm that three ships have been selected, but acknowledged that “MDA and the Navy are discussing how to do two to four additional ships as soon as possible.”

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