SM-6 successfully intercepts target using Army's missile defense radar

The Navy's Standard Missile-6 successfully intercepted a target during a test that was part of the bi-annual Valiant Shield exercise in the Indo-Pacific, RTX subsidiary Raytheon announced today.

Using tracking data from the Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, Raytheon was able to demonstrate a “simulated complex missile engagement,” when pairing the missile defense radar with the Navy’s SM-6 and the Integrated Battle Command System.

The test indicates integrating SM-6 with IBCS and LTAMDS is a “viable option” for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Raytheon’s Land and Air Defense Systems President Tom Laliberty said in a statement.

"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,” he said.