Armed Forces News

The Army successfully conducted its first test of its Patriot Advanced Capability Three (PAC-3) interceptor and composite track data from Sentinel and Patriot radars Nov. 12. The test, conducted at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., proved that the system can “identify, track, engage and kill a target,” the Army said in a press release. The new system “represents the shift from a traditional system-centric weapons-systems acquisition to a component-based acquisition approach,” the Army stated. It “provides for the full-net-centric, plug and fight integration of existing and future [anti-missile defense] forces and systems.”