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New Aegis missile defense system installed on USS Lake Erie

Moorestown, USA - US Navy certification is waited for 2011

Lockheed Martin has completed the installation of the latest evolution of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System, which includes a new ballistic missile defense signal processor, Aegis BSP, on the cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70). Over the next year, USS Lake Erie will complete a series of tests, leading up to full certification of the system upgrade by the US Navy in early 2011. The Aegis...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1106293
Rome, Italy, 06/24/2009 23:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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