MDA Demos Japanese Aegis Software on SPY-7 Radar After Aegis Ashore Canceled

摘要

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Japan are developing the capability for Japan touse the SPY-7 missile defense radar on an Aegis-capable ship after the country canceled plansto build two Aegis Ashore sites.The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy Aegis Technical Representative (TECHREP)witnessed a successful demonstration of the first Japanese variant of the Aegis software usedwith a Lockheed Martin [LMT] SPY-7 radar, MDA said on Feb. 25.