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Saturday, August 28, 2010

U.S. Navy’s Upgraded Aegis BMD System Passes Functional Assessment

SM-3Functional testing of the U.S. Navy’s second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, due to become operational in 2012, was completed in June, Lockheed Martin officials said Aug. 25.

Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin, meanwhile, is set to begin adapting the ship-based Aegis BMD system for use on land as part of the United States’ planned European missile shield under a nearly $70 million sole-source contract the Defense Department announced the same day.

The Aegis BMD system is designed to counter short- and medium-range ballistic missiles and is currently deployed on 21 U.S. Navy ships.

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