The Navy will use a modeling and simulation program to test against supersonic, anti-ship cruise missiles after a program to develop a real target was canceled last year. The requirement for a target to test against a "family of multi-stage supersonic anti-ship cruise msisile threats with subsonic cruise transitioning to supersonic terminal phase" remains in place, Capt. Tom Cecil, program manager for aerial targets and decoy systems (PMA-208), wrote in a Feb. 23 statement to Inside the Navy . "The...
