A Defense Acquisition Board approved full-rate production of Raytheon Company's Standard Missile-6. Once operational in 2013, the SM-6 will provide U.S. Navy vessels extended range protection against fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles.
"SM-6 is a game-changing, transformational fleet defense missile, and we're on track to reach initial operating capability this year," said Wes Kremer, Raytheon Missile Systems' vice president of Air and Missile Defense Systems.
"This is a monumental moment for the SM-6 program and signifies a new era of fleet defense for our naval warfighters."
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