Missile killer contract for BAE Systems

BAE Systems has announced that it will develop and test a key component of the US Missile Defense Agency’s Multiple Kill Vehicle payload system.
The company will produce, test, and integrate the system’s carrier vehicle seeker for the captive-carry test bed under a two-year, $6.3m contract from Lockheed Martin Space Systems.
In the event of an enemy missile launch, an interceptor equipped with this payload will track down the target using data uplinked to the BAE Systems seeker aboard the carrier vehicle. Once outside the earth’s atmosphere, the seeker will acquire and track all threat objects, including the missile and any countermeasures deployed. The carrier vehicle will then dispense a large number of small “kill vehicles,” guiding them to destroy the targets designated by the seeker.
‘This is a new midcourse interceptor capability for the Missile Defense Agency that lowers the cost per kill and increases the probability of engagement success,’ said Kevin Ezzo, BAE Systems Ballistic Missile Defense program director.
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