The USS JOHN FINN, supported by the US Navy, Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin, has successfully conducted a remote engagement (lethal intercept) of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target. The Flight Test Maritime (FTM) – 44 test marks the first demonstration of an Aegis Baseline engagement of an ICBM-representative target. The ...
BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year $188.2 million contract to provide the US Navy’s AEGIS Technical Representative (AEGIS TECHREP) organisation with critical large-scale system engineering, integration, and testing expertise for the AEGIS Weapons and Combat Systems aboard US Navy surface combatant ships. As part of the AEGIS Technical Representative Engineering ...
Japan’s JS ATAGO warship, supported by the US Navy, Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin used an upgraded Aegis Combat System in testing their Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability for the first time. The JS ATAGO is now the most advanced warship in the Japanese fleet following this modernisation . The ...