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Missile Defense

Army Officials Talk Missile Defense Production Improvements, Relieving OpTempo

Wednesday, October 16th, 2024

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Army Officials Talk Missile Defense Production Improvements, Relieving OpTempo

Launch of Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

Army officials on Tuesday argued how they are working to reduce the high operational tempo of high demand missile defense systems like Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and Patriot while working to improve production of other systems. Some of the ways the Army is trying to lower the pressures on Patriot and THAAD batteries dealing with high operational tempo is by developing the IFPC counter-UAS and Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) systems, Col. Andrew Lunoff, Project Manager of…

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