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MDA And Navy Test Aegis Weapons System Against ‘Complex’ MRBM Target

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MDA And Navy Test Aegis Weapons System Against ‘Complex’ MRBM Target
A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is launched from Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG-85) off the coast of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii, during Flight Test Other-23 (FTX-23) on February 8, 2024. It goes on to intercept a Medium Range Ballistic Missile target. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Navy completed “one of the most complicated” missile defense discrimination and intercept missions so far against a ballistic missile target with countermeasures, the Defense Department said. This test, called Flight Test Other-23 (FTX-23) or Stellar Sisyphus, consisted of a two-part developmental test on Feb. 8 of sensor tracking and communications link capabilities off the coast of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii. MDA said the first part demonstrated the Aegis Weapon System could…

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