PACIFIC MISSILE FIRING RANGE, Hawaii, April 27,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- After a complex series of U.S.
Navy flight tests, Standard Missile-6 proves it's ready to reach
its final stage of the acquisition process: full operational
capability. Reaching FOC is a kind of graduation exercise that
signifies the weapon's sea worthiness—no more testing required.
SM-6, produced by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), is the only
missile in the world that can perform anti-air warfare,
anti-surface warfare, and terminal ballistic missile defense.
"The U.S. Navy began deploying SM-6s four years ago, but we've
continued to give it software upgrades and test it in every
possible scenario to learn more about what it could do," said
Mike Campisi, Raytheon's SM-6 senior
program director. "We've continued to raise the bar, and the
missile has exceeded it every time."
Four SM-6 missiles were fired throughout the testing, each
against a single shore-launched, sub- or supersonic target. All
four test missions were successful.
"The missile is fully ready for deployment in all three modes at
sea," said Campisi. "That kind of flexibility is exactly what our
sailors need, and that's exactly what they're going to get."
Final assembly of SM-6 takes place at Raytheon's
state-of-the-art production facility at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. Raytheon has delivered more
than 330 SM-6 missiles with continuing production. The U.S.
Department of Defense approved the release of SM-6 to several
international customers in early 2017.
About Raytheon
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$24 billion and 63,000 employees, is
a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil
government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of
innovation spanning 95 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art
electronics, mission systems integration,
C5I™ products and services, sensing, effects, and
mission support for customers in more than 80
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