U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System Success

AFP Photo/US Missile Defense Agency

VPT’s DC-DC converters and EMI filters were in place during a recent Flight Test Operational carried out by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency utilizing Lockheed Martin’s Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System. The test stressed the ability of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) and THAAD weapon systems to function in a layered defense architecture. The missile defense flight test successfully intercepted two near-simultaneous ballistic missile targets.  View additional information via the U.S. Department of Defense.