October PAC-3 Test Will Use In-Flight Updates From Navy's Aegis Radars Via CEC

By Thomas Duffy / January 26, 2000 at 5:00 AM
During a scheduled intercept test this October of the Army's Patriot missile, Army and Navy technicians will attempt to provide in-flight updates to the missile with radar data gathered by Aegis ships parked off the Florida coast using the Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability system. If the test proves successful, Army officials are expected to move forward with plans to buy as many as 60 CEC units for the Patriot program, according to sources at Raytheon sources, the CEC contractor. The...

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