US Navy and MDA Successfully Intercept Multiple Targets In Integrated Air and Missile Defense Test
As part of the IAMD Priority Mode, ships can integrate classic air defense with new discrimination and tracking capabilities to defend against coordinated, simultaneous missile attacks.
KAUAI, HAWAII - U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS CARL M. LEVIN (DDG 120) Â successfully intercepted multiple targets in an Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) test executed by the U.S. Navy Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii.
The joint test, known as Vigilant Wyvern, demonstrated the capability of a ballistic missile defense-configured Aegis ship to detect, track,  engage, and execute intercepts of two short-range ballistic missile  (SRBM) targets while concurrently demonstrating an Anti-Air Warfare  (AAW) engagement of two subsonic anti-ship cruise missile drone targets.
First Time Demonstrating A Concurrent Ballistic Missile Defense And Anti-Air Warfare Raid:
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