TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has entered full-rate production for Standard Missile-3 Block IIA, validating the program's design maturity amid ...

JS Maya , seen here firing the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor against a ballistic target in waters near Hawaii on 16 November 2022. (JMSDF) The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has demonstrated ...

JS Maya firing SM-3 Block IIA missile. Credit: Japan Maritime Self Defense Force SINGAPORE—The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) has successfully fired the SM-3 Block IIA and Block IIB ...

Raytheon is preparing to submit a bid to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to build the first batch of SM-3 Block IIA ballistic missile interceptors while gearing up for the first flight test next ...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 28, 2017 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has worked with the Missile Defense Agency to integrate new sensors, software and infrared seeker technology to the Standard Missile-3 IIA in ...

SM-3 Block IIA completed its first successful intercept flight test on Feb. 3, 2017 at the U.S. Navy™s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. Launched from the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53), ...

The Missile Defense Agency and Raytheon have configured the emerging SM-3 IIA missile with a more “sensitive” seeker and software designed to accommodate new threat information. The SM-3 IIA is a ...

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