Lockheed Martin Global, Inc. (LMGI) has received a $94 million firm fixed price contract from the U.S. Army for continued development of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile. LMGI, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp., received the contract as part of an online Internet-solicited bid. The Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) of the PAC-3 program involves development and testing of the hit-to-kill interceptor missile which incorporates a revolutionary two-pulse solid-fuel rocket engine.
The PAC-3 MSE missile (see the figure) has already been successfully tested for interoperability between the U S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) when using the PAC-3 missile between the Patriot system and the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapons system as part of exercises at White Sands Missile Range (NM) in October 2021. As part of the test, the THAAD AN/TPY-2 radar system tracked a Black Dagger target and provided data to the PAC-3 missile and Patriot defense system.