Lockheed Martin, contract de până la două miliarde de dolari pentru sisteme de arme hipersonice în SUA

19 02. 2023

Missile Defense Agency FTO-01 Flight Test — The first of two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors is launched during a successful intercept test. The test, conducted by Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Operational Test Agency, Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, and U.S. Pacific Command, in conjunction with U.S. Army soldiers from the Alpha Battery, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, U.S. Navy sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG-73), and U.S. Air Force airmen from the 613th Air and Operations Center resulted in the intercept of one medium-range ballistic missile target by THAAD, and one medium-range ballistic missile target by Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). The test, designated Flight Test Operational-01 (FTO-01), stressed the ability of the Aegis BMD and THAAD weapon systems to function in a layered defense architecture and defeat a raid of two near-simultaneous ballistic missile targets

Conform contractului, Lockheed va integra sistemul de arme Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) pe navele distrugătoare de clasă ZUMWALT ale marinei.

Statele Unite şi rivalii săi globali au dezvoltat mai multe arme hipersonice, care călătoresc în atmosfera superioară cu o viteză de peste cinci ori mai mare decât cea a sunetului, scrie News.ro.

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