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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Lockheed Martin Completes Second Live Tracking Exercise for Ballistic Missile Defense

Vice Admiral James H. Doyle Combat Systems Engineering Development SiteLockheed Martin successfully identified and tracked four live targets during a test of its Multi-Mission Signal Processor (MMSP) being fielded as part of the Aegis next-generation Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability.

The MMSP is part of the Navy's Advanced Capability Build 12 system, intended to help combine next-generation Aegis BMD and anti-air warfare (AAW) capabilities in an open combat system architecture.

“This is our second demonstration of the MMSP capability, and both have successfully shown its abilities to detect and track targets,” said Allan Croly, director, Naval Radar Programs, for Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems and Sensors business unit. “MMSP allows our customers to track threats that would have gone undetected with lesser capabilities.”

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