MDA, U.S. Navy Rapidly Updating Aegis Following Middle East Attacks
Brian Everstine August 08, 2024
The Aegis-configured USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) fires an SM-6 during a March 2023 Missile Defense Agency test.
Credit: U.S. Navy
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama—Recent air defense engagements in the Middle East—downing Houthi drones in the Red Sea and the large-scale defense of Israel against an Iranian attack in April—have given the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy real-world data to improve air defense radars.
The data is driving quick-turn software improvements to ships at sea and will also help inform the Aegis-based defense of Guam, officials say.
Capt. Matt Erdner, program executive officer for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Weapons Systems, says since the attacks began in October a joint team from the Navy, the MDA and industry have formed a team to analyze all of the engagements to find out what worked and what did not to find ways to improve the system.
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