Johns Hopkins APL Plays Key Role as US, Japan Conduct First SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test
Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 17:01
in Mathematics & Economics
Engineers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, in cooperation with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the Japan Ministry of Defense, and U.S. Navy sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53), played a key role in the first live-fire intercept using the new Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA guided missile during a Feb. 3 flight test off the west coast of Hawaii.