Story by Michael Smith | Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division | 08.08.2025
Before the U.S. Army fired a Standard Missile-6 from its Typhon system during Exercise Talisman Sabre on July 16, a Navy aircraft from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 30 had already flown the mission as a silent rehearsal....
Story by Mark Wright | Missile Defense Agency | 03.30.2023
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, successfully conducted Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 31 Event 1a (FTM-31 E1a)....
Story by Latonja Martin | Missile Defense Agency | 08.29.2017
The Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a complex missile defense flight test, resulting in the intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target using Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) guided missiles during a test off the coast of Hawaii today....
Story by Leah Garton | Missile Defense Agency | 12.14.2016
The Missile Defense Agency and sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53), an Aegis baseline 9.C1 equipped destroyer, today successfully fired a salvo of two SM-6 Dual I missiles against a complex medium-range ballistic missile target, demonstrating the Sea Based Terminal endo-atmospheric defensive capability and meeting the test's primary objective....
