Navy missile intercepts target using Army’s new missile defense radar
By Jen Judson
Jul 18, 2024, 03:11 PM
In recent exercise Valiant Shield, Raytheon demonstrated a successful intercept of a target using an Standard Missile-6 using tracking and targeting data from the Army's Lower-Tier Air and Missile Defense System and Integrated Battle Command System. A previous live-fire test involving the Navy destroyer John Paul Jones launching a SM-6 . (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
A U.S. Navy Standard Missile-6, guided by the U.S. Army’s new missile defense radar and command and control system, intercepted a target in a recent test during Valiant Shield 24 in the Indo-Pacific, Raytheon announced in a July 18 statement.
In the test involving both physical hardware and simulation, the Army’s Lower-Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS, simulator provided threat tracking data, along with operational SM-6 engagement control software, to the service’s Integrated Battle Command System, or IBCS, developed by Northrop Grumman.
The successful test is the latest reflection of the Pentagon’s desire to see the services operate seamlessly in battle.
IBCS, the brains of the Army’s air and missile defense architecture, passed the data to initiate a launch command and guide the SM-6 to a “successful” intercept, according to the statement.
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2024/07/18/navy-missile-intercepts-target-using-armys-new-missile-defense-radar/
