Army and Navy programs combine to defeat complex
threat
PEARL
HARBOR, Hawaii, July 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- At Valiant Shield 24, Raytheon,
an RTX business, demonstrated a simulated complex missile
engagement leveraging the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile
Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS, and Integrated Air and Missile Defense
Battle Command System, IBCS, launching the U.S. Navy's premier,
long-range effector, Standard Missile-6 (SM-6).
Using track data from Army LTAMDS simulators and operational
SM-6 engagement control software interfaced with IBCS, the test
demonstrated the successful integration of these existing,
respective Army and Navy program capabilities. This proves the
feasibility of SM-6 as an additional effector within the Army IAMD
architecture including IBCS and LTAMDS. The experiment, which used
a combination of physical systems' hardware and simulation,
demonstrated the effective detection and identification of an
in-coming threat, target and track data transfer, launch command,
and the successful guide to missile intercept.
"The successful test confirms a viable option for INDOPACOM
by demonstrating SM-6 integrated with IBCS and
LTAMDS," said Tom Laliberty,
president of Land & Air Defense Systems at Raytheon. "LTAMDS
matched with SM-6 adds an exceptional capability to defeat
increasingly diverse and complex threats with a
multi-mission missile that flies as far as the radar can see –
providing for long range Army and Joint integrated air
and missile defense."
Valiant Shield is a bi-annual exercise that brings allies and
partners together to develop, test and train in a relevant and
realistic environment. Government and industry bring technologies,
designs and solutions with the common goal to increase the
joint-combined force's ability to plan, communicate and conduct
complex, multi-domain operations throughout the Indo-Pacific.
About Raytheon
Raytheon, an RTX business, is a leading provider of defense
solutions to help the U.S. government, our allies and partners
defend their national sovereignty and ensure their security. For
more than 100 years, Raytheon has developed new technologies and
enhanced existing capabilities in integrated air and missile
defense, smart weapons, missiles, advanced sensors and radars,
interceptors, space-based systems, hypersonics and missile defense
across land, air, sea, and space.
About RTX
With more than 185,000 global employees, RTX
pushes the limits of technology and science to redefine how we
connect and protect our world. Through industry-leading businesses
– Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon – we are
advancing aviation, engineering integrated defense systems, and
developing next-generation technology solutions and manufacturing
to help global customers address their most critical challenges.
The company, with 2023 sales of $69
billion, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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