What's Ahead in Aerospace: Next test of Aegis BMD will use new system to guide warhead

AEGIS BMD: The next test of the Missile Defense Agency's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system will use a Raytheon Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) kinetic warhead equipped with a new solid divert and attitude control (SDACS) system. The SDACS, which helps guide the warhead to its target, has fewer...

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