DefenceTalkA Raytheon-built Standard Missile-6 intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target at sea in its final seconds of flight, after being fired from the USS John Paul Jones. The SM-6 missile can perform anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare and – now – even more advanced ballistic missile defense at sea. “Earlier this year, our customer requested an […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-sm-6-intercepts-ballistic-missile-target-at-sea-70384/

DefenceTalkIn a first-of-its-kind engagement, a Raytheon Company Standard Missile-6 linked with an F-35 fighter destroyed a medium-range, medium-altitude, subsonic target. The USS Desert Ship (LLS 1), a land-based U.S. Navy Combat System equipped with the latest AEGIS Baseline, fired the SM-6, which intercepted the over-the-horizon target, out of sight of its operators. The mission was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-links-sm-6-missile-with-f-35-joint-strike-fighter-68169/

DefenceTalkSM-6 air defense interceptor proves surface-to-surface engagement capability PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii: Raytheon Company’s Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) successfully engaged a surface target — the decommissioned USS Reuben James (FFG 57) — in a recent flight test. The test was a demonstration of the U.S. Navy’s concept of “distributed lethality,” employing ships in dispersed formations […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-standard-missile-6-successfully-hits-surface-target-66956/

DefenceTalkDuring the U.S. Navy’s Combat Ship System Qualification Trials, the USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) tested two Raytheon Standard Missile-6 interceptors against anti-ship and cruise missile targets. As part of ‘engage on remote’ scenarios, the ship launched the SM-6 interceptors prior to its own radars ‘seeing’ the incoming threats, using targeting information from another Aegis ship […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-sm-6s-intercept-targets-in-engage-on-remote-tests-60868/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Navy is deploying Raytheon’s Standard Missile-6 for the first time, marking the initial operational capability milestone for the U.S. Navy’s newest, most advanced extended range area defense weapon. “We’re very pleased to achieve initial operational capability on schedule,” said Capt. Mike Ladner, Surface Ship Weapons major program manager. “The SM-6, with its ability […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-deploys-standard-missile-6-for-first-time-49789/