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Raytheon's Standard Missile-6 had a pair of successful intercepts during recent testing highlighting the system's ability to use targeting information provided from a remote source. The "engage on remote" scenario involved two SM-6s launched from the USS Chancellorsville against anti-ship and cruise missile targets. The scenario included the SM-6s being launched prior to its own radars detecting the incoming threats, and instead using targeting information from the USS Sampson, another Aegis ship in the area. The first SM-6 intercepted a low-altitude, short-range supersonic target while the second intercepted a low-altitude, medium-range subsonic target. The SM-6 and Standard Missile-3 are produced...

During the underway period, John Paul Jones also conducted its first ballistic missile tracking exercise while simultaneously tracking two supersonic and two subsonic missile targets. This event fully demonstrated the capabilities of Aegis Baseline 9C and of John Paul Jones as the first Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) destroyer Over the course of three days June 18-20, the crew of Guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully engaged six targets off the coast of Southern California, firing a total of five missiles that included four Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) missiles and one Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) missile. One of...

US-Japan missile defense test called successful Wed Mar 8, 8:21 PM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - An interceptor missile was fired over the Pacific in a successful test of a new nosecone developed as part of a US-Japan missile defense program, the US Missile Defense Agency said. ADVERTISEMENT The modified SM-3 missile was launched by an Aegis cruiser off Hawaii and successfully deployed the new Japanese-designed nose cone at 2048 GMT, the agency said. "This flight test mission is an important milestone in the project and is an example of the close coordination between the US and Japan in ballistic missile...