Next Ground-based Midcourse Defense flight test to use ship-based Aegis radar

The Missile Defense Agency plans to use a ship-based Aegis radar in a Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) flight test for the first time this summer, MDA officials said April 23. During Integrated Flight Test-9 (IFT-9), scheduled for mid- to late July, an Aegis cruiser will collect data on a target...

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