The Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy sailors aboard USS Hopper (DDG 70) successfully conducted two developmental flight tests of the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB Threat Upgrade guided missile on May 25 and 26 off the west coast of Hawaii. The flight tests, designated Controlled Test Vehicle (CTV)-01a and CTV-02, demonstrated the successful performance of design modifications to the SM-3 third-stage rocket motor (TSRM) nozzle. The results of these flight tests will support a future SM-3 Block IB production authorization request.
This imagery is from the first developmental test conducted on May 25, 2016, designated as Controlled Test Vehicle (CTV)-01a.
| Date Taken: | 05.25.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 05.26.2016 22:10 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 465903 |
| VIRIN: | 160525-O-AO981-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_103339128 |
| Length: | 00:01:56 |
| Location: | HAWAII, US |
| Downloads: | 139 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 139 |
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