USS John Paul Jones conducted a series of five live-fire tests from Jun. 18-20. One of the tests resulted in the longest surface-to-air engagement in naval history.
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Category: Air Defense
Raytheon proposed non-rotating 360° AESA radar for Poland
Raytheon is offering Poland a 360-degree, three-AESA array radar as part of its PAC3 package to Poland.
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Russia lost last remaining US-KMO missile warning satellite
A Russian early warning missile detection satellite has been lost permanantly. The Kosmos 2479 satellite was the last of the US-KMO series that operate in geosynchronous orbit.
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U.S. Army places blimp-borne radar in strategic readiness
The U.S. Army has placed one of the two JLENS in strategic reserve. This means combatant commanders around the world can have the air defense system deployed to their area of operations.
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First successful GMD intercept using an enhanced version EKV
The Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system successfully intercepted an intermediate-range ballistic missile target using an enhanced version of the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) on Jun. 22.
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