Lockheed Martin conducts successful Pac-3 missile test

DALLAS, TX, Nov. 1st, 2011. Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] PAC-3 Missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted an aerodynamic tactical ballistic missile target today in a flight test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

The test included a ripple fire engagement, utilizing a PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) Missile as the first interceptor and a PAC-3 Baseline Missile as the second interceptor. The CRI Missile includes block upgrades to the PAC-3 Baseline Missile for performance improvement.

Lockheed Martin achieved its first hit-to-kill intercept in 1984 with the Homing Overlay Experiment, using force of impact to destroy a mock warhead outside of the Earth’s atmosphere.