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Business/Financial

Navy Certifies Lockheed Martin’s Aegis BMD System With ‘Terminal Phase’ Capability

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Thursday, March 19th, 2009

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Lockheed Martin's [LMT] latest Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System with flight test-proven terminal intercept capability recently received full certification from the Navy, the company reported yesterday. This newest upgrade to the operational BMD system deployed today adds the capability to defeat short-range ballistic missiles as they re-enter the atmosphere in their final (terminal) stage of flight. The system is already certified to defeat longer range ballistic missiles above the atmosphere, according to Lockheed Martin. By June, Aegis BMD version…

Congress

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Space

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