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The United States Navy, Missile Defense Agency, and Lockheed Martin supported the US Navy’s USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) as it successfully intercepted a medium range ballistic missile (MRBM) target using upgraded Aegis software during a recent flight test.
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This successful interception test marks the first time the Aegis Baseline 9.C2.0 (BMD 5.1) upgrade had conducted an intercept of an MRBM target using the Standard Missile–6 Dual II with software upgrade, bringing improved performance against evolving threats.
Joe DePietro, vice-president and general manager of Naval Combat and Missile Defense Systems at Lockheed Martin, welcomed the announcement of this successful intercept test saying, “The shield and spear of the fleet, Aegis has evolved to counter air, ballistic missiles, and evolving threats across multiple domains from all regions, ranges, and during all phases of flight.”
Lockheed Martin has a long history of success applying its combat system expertise worldwide to deliver complex weapon and sensor capability through the Common Source Library, a permanent library for all Aegis system computer programs that allows customers to access software required to meet mission requirements.
Aegis can rapidly deliver new capabilities, including solutions that integrate both SPY-1 and solid-state radars, and the growing SPY-7 family of radars.
Due to its open architecture, Aegis delivers capability today and is flexible to grow with the demands of an ever-changing environment.
“We realise it is critical to develop capabilities that allow the United States, its partners, and allies to quickly adapt to constantly changing mission needs,” DePietro said.
The Lockheed Martin SPY-7 series of radars is a scalable radar that can protect against ballistic missiles and anti-air missiles, this technology can protect warfighters and citizens at sea, ashore, and around the world, through programs like Aegis, Aegis Ashore, and LRDR.
SPY-7 is designed to provide several times the performance of traditional SPY-1 radars — it can detect, track, and engage sophisticated ballistic missile threats, including multiple threats at once.
Lockheed Martin stated, “SPY-7 shares the same core technology as the Long Range Discrimination Radar, which will be delivered to the US government in 2022. SPY-7 technology has been declared Technical Readiness Level 7 by the US Government, meaning it has been tested in an operationally relevant environment. The radar has been radiating and tracking air and space objects at a Lockheed Martin test site since 2018.”
