Lockheed is hoping Germany and Poland will be the first customers for Meads

Lockheed and Raytheon face off over European missile deals

"... High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. Lockheed is hoping Germany and Poland will be the first customers for Meads, in what the company estimates could be a market worth as much as $100bn over the next 15 years. More more than 30 countries are seen as likely to invest in new or upgraded missile defence systems over this period. ..."

Reference: www.ft.com .

MEADS Missile Test: simultaneous targets intercepted and destroyed

Unprecedented Dual Intercept Success For MEADS At White Sands Missile Range

"...The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) intercepted and destroyed two simultaneous targets attacking from opposite directions during a stressing demonstration of its 360-degree air and missile defense (AMD) capabilities at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The flight test achieved all criteria for success...."

Reference: www.sacbee.com .

Funding for MEADS left out of a final defense bill for 2013

Congress prohibits funding for missile defense system developed in Central New York

"...The conference committee’s final report said it prohibited funding for the Medium Extended Air Defense System, or MEADS. ..."

Reference: www.syracuse.com .

MEADS test successful

Successful missile defense test

"...The Medium Extended Air Defense System - or MEADS - detected, tracked, intercepted and destroyed a target in its first-ever intercept flight test...."

Reference: www.waaytv.com .

Unparalleled BMD hit-to-kill intercept record, Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin Missile Defense Programs Achieve Significant Milestones in 2011

"...Also in preparation for the November test, MEADS successfully completed a Battle Management Command, Control, Communications and Computers and Intelligence (BMC4I) software design review in Huntsville, Ala., in August. The review validated software design and functionalities needed for upcoming MEADS flight tests and demonstrations...."

Reference: www.sacbee.com .

Lockheed optimistic Gates will keep, Congress will sustain, MEADS missile defense program

Lockheed optimistic Gates will keep, Congress will sustain, MEADS missile defense program

"...Brig. Gen. Roger Mathews, retired Maj. Gen. John Holly and Gregory Kee cut the ribbon at Lockheed Martin's ceremony opening the MEADS Battle Management Test and Integration Facility in Huntsville in 2010. Company officials are hopeful the missile defense program will be spared cancellation by Defense Secretary Robert Gates...."
Reference: al.com .

First MEADS Battle Manager Ready for System Tests at Italian Air Force Base

First MEADS Battle Manager Ready for System Tests at Italian Air Force Base

"...The United States funds 58 percent of the MEADS program, and European partners Germany and Italy provide 25 percent and 17 percent respectively as partners in the NATO Medium Extended Air Defense System Management Organization (NAMEADSMO). Its program management agency NAMEADSMA is located in Huntsville, AL...."

Reference: www.prnewswire.com .

Missile Project Under Pressure

Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS),
Missile Project Under Pressure

"...The Pentagon and its European partners are weighing the fate of a multibillion-dollar effort to replace the Patriot missile-defense system amid the U.S. defense secretary's drive to cut costs...."

Reference: wsj.com .