Raytheon Begins Block IIA SM-3 Flight Trials
Missile features an improved kinetic energy kill vehicle and larger rocket motors.
Raytheon’s Block IIA ballistic missile is expected to enter service in 2018.
Raytheon’s Block IIA ballistic missile is expected to enter service in 2018.

Last week Raytheon undertook the first flight test of the latest version of the Standard Missile-3 ballistic missile defense weapon. Developed in conjunction with Japan, the Block IIA will introduce significant new capability when it is fielded in 2018.


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