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WASHINGTON — The Navy successfully completed the longest range anti-air warfare intercept in its history at the Point Mugu Test Range in California, Sept. 22, the service announced in a Sept. 29 release.
During the Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) test, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton, equipped with the latest Aegis Baseline 9, successfully processed data from a remote airborne sensor to engage and destroy an over-the-horizon threat representative target using the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6).
This is not the first time that SM-6 has shattered its own distance record. The missile broke the previous long-range intercept record in January onboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones at Pacific Missile Range Facility.
This NIFC-CA test was the 10th consecutive successful live-fire test to demonstrate an over-the-horizon, engage-on-remote capability. This particular test also successfully validated the NIFC-CA from the sea kill chain concept.
“NIFC-CA is a game changer for the U.S. Navy that extends the engagement range we can detect, analyze and intercept targets at sea,” said Rear Adm. Jon Hill, the program executive officer for Integrated Warfare Systems. “This test is a significant accomplishment, one that will shape the future of surface warfare.”
NIFC-CA From The Sea is a program of record that uses four pillar programs to act as a kill chain for the surface fleet: Aegis Baseline 9.0, Cooperative Engagement Capability, E-2D Hawkeye and SM-6.
“We are looking at every ship as a potential offensive weapons platform in an effort to gain and maintain sea control,” said Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, commander, Naval Surface Forces.
“Neutralizing enemy cruise missiles at range, as demonstrated in this test, is one of the dramatic leaps forward the surface force is making to implement the concept of Distributed Lethality and extending the offensive battlespace.”
http://seapowermagazine.org/stories/20160929-nifcca.html
During the Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) test, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton, equipped with the latest Aegis Baseline 9, successfully processed data from a remote airborne sensor to engage and destroy an over-the-horizon threat representative target using the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6).
This is not the first time that SM-6 has shattered its own distance record. The missile broke the previous long-range intercept record in January onboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones at Pacific Missile Range Facility.
This NIFC-CA test was the 10th consecutive successful live-fire test to demonstrate an over-the-horizon, engage-on-remote capability. This particular test also successfully validated the NIFC-CA from the sea kill chain concept.
“NIFC-CA is a game changer for the U.S. Navy that extends the engagement range we can detect, analyze and intercept targets at sea,” said Rear Adm. Jon Hill, the program executive officer for Integrated Warfare Systems. “This test is a significant accomplishment, one that will shape the future of surface warfare.”
NIFC-CA From The Sea is a program of record that uses four pillar programs to act as a kill chain for the surface fleet: Aegis Baseline 9.0, Cooperative Engagement Capability, E-2D Hawkeye and SM-6.
“We are looking at every ship as a potential offensive weapons platform in an effort to gain and maintain sea control,” said Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, commander, Naval Surface Forces.
“Neutralizing enemy cruise missiles at range, as demonstrated in this test, is one of the dramatic leaps forward the surface force is making to implement the concept of Distributed Lethality and extending the offensive battlespace.”
http://seapowermagazine.org/stories/20160929-nifcca.html
