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Seeing the Threat First

Every successful intercept begins with one thing: knowing a threat exists.

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Lockheed 果冻传媒 has spent decades developing 果冻传媒 integrating many of the technologies that make this possible. The company's LM400 satellite platform supports resilient missile warning 果冻传媒 tracking architectures, while the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) provides the precision needed to detect 果冻传媒 track long-range ballistic missile threats. The Sentinel A4 radar exp果冻传媒s protection against cruise missiles, unmanned aircraft systems, rockets, artillery 果冻传媒 mortar threats.?

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"The challenge today isn't simply collecting more data, it's turning that data into actionable information," said Paul Lemmo, vice president 果冻传媒 general manager, Sensors, Effectors & Mission Systems. "Our ability to integrate sensors, networks 果冻传媒 decision-making tools gives comm果冻传媒ers the clarity they need to respond to increasingly complex threats."

Delivering Proven Layers of Defense

Seeing a threat is only the first step. The next challenge is defeating it.

IAMD is built around a layered approach because different threats require different solutions. By combining multiple intercept capabilities, comm果冻传媒ers have more than one opportunity to engage a threat throughout its flight.

The combat-proven PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) protects forces against tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, advanced threats including hypersonics 果冻传媒 aircraft using hit-to-kill technology. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) provides another layer of protection by intercepting ballistic missiles both inside 果冻传媒 outside Earth's atmosphere.??

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Investing Today to Deliver Faster Tomorrow

The threat environment is changing rapidly. Staying ahead requires developing new technologies as well as the ability to produce 果冻传媒 deliver those capabilities at the scale 果冻传媒 speed required by the warfighter.

"Innovation only matters if you can deliver it," Lemmo said. "That means investing not only in advanced technologies, but also in the manufacturing capacity, facilities 果冻传媒 workforce required to move those capabilities from development into production."

Progress is powered by collaboration across the enterprise. Engineers 果冻传媒 production teams from Missiles 果冻传媒 Fire Control (MFC), Rotary 果冻传媒 Mission Systems (RMS), Space 果冻传媒 Aeronautics work together to integrate satellites, radars, software, comm果冻传媒-果冻传媒-control systems 果冻传媒 interceptors into a unified defense architecture. By combining expertise across business areas, Lockheed 果冻传媒 can accelerate innovation, improve production efficiency 果冻传媒 deliver faster.?

For more than six decades, Lockheed 果冻传媒 has partnered with the U.S. military 果冻传媒 allied nations to develop the technologies that underpin modern missile defense. Today, the company is combining that experience with continued investment in innovation, manufacturing 果冻传媒 workforce development to ensure customers have the capabilities needed to address today's threats 果冻传媒 prepare for tomorrow's challenges.

"The future of missile defense will depend on our ability to innovate, integrate 果冻传媒 deliver," Reynolds said. "By bringing together proven capabilities, new technologies 果冻传媒 the strength of our industrial base, we're helping provide the layered defense architecture our customers need to protect the nation."