MISSILE TEST BY GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS (GA-ASI)

GA-ASI has announced that through a contract with the Missile Defence Agency (MDA), it has executed a missile tracking test as part of the Pacific Dragon (PD) exercise held on June 26-28, 2016, which is a trilateral Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) tracking event between the US Navy, Japan Maritime SelfDefense Force and Republic of Korea Navy. The biennial exercise focuses on improving tactical and technical coordination among its participants, including the detection, tracking and reporting of ballistic targets. Two Predator-B UAVs equipped with Raytheon Multi-spectral Targeting Systems-B Electro-optical Infrared turrets were used to detect and track a BM target as part of an ongoing programme with MDA. The Predator B aircraft also participated in exercises with US Navy vessels.