Lockheed Martin unveils PAC-3 Edge interceptor designed to counter hypersonic threats
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- ✓Lockheed Martin unveiled the PAC-3 Edge interceptor to counter hypersonic threats.
- ✓The US Army awarded the firm a contract worth up to $58.6 billion in July to boost production.
- ✓Tim Cahill said, "The cost of this would be about that of the existing PAC-3 MSE." It features upgraded flight controls.
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Growing demand for air and missile defense systems amid conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East has strained US weapons stockpiles, prompting the US Army to award Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $58.6 billion in July to ramp up production of PAC-3 interceptors.
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Lockheed Martin said PAC-3 Edge incorporates a new seeker, upgraded flight controls and a multi-pulse rocket motor supplied by Northrop Grumman, enhancing the interceptor's ability to counter advanced threats, including hypersonic missiles, at longer ranges and higher altitudes.
"The cost of this would be about that of the existing PAC-3 MSE," Tim Cahill, president of missiles and fire control at Lockheed Martin, told Reuters. "At full production, the annual rate would be about 2,000 units a year, comparable with PAC-3 MSE."
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