Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced that using the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE), they successfully intercepted a threat representative tactical ballistic missile target yesterday at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
The Missile provides increased performance, greater altitude and rage than the baseline PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) Missile. The PAC-3 Missile is the only Patriot missile that uses hit to kill technology in order to destroy incoming targets.
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Upgrades in the PAC-3 MSE include the solid rocket motor now having a second pulse and being larger in diameter. Aerodynamic surfaces are larger and the span of the aft control surfaces is greater t accommodate the increased performance envelope. Thermal batteries were sized to be more consistent with increased performance and longer mission time. It is also now packaged in a single canister which stacks to provide flexibility for the Patriot of MEADS launcher load-out requirements.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation reported 2009 sales of $45.2 billion.
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