ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin's Medium Extended Air Defense System battle management system has passed interoperability tests with NATO's Air Command and Control System.
The tests demonstrating MEADS' compatibility with NATO's MEADS were conducted during a Joint Project Optic Windmill evaluation in July, the company reported Monday.
The compatibility evaluation utilized the Active Layer Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Integration Test Bed being developed by NATO. NATO's ALTBMD program is structured to design theater-wide missile defense ABM systems that will include MEADS as a key component.
Lockheed Martin designed MEADS to be compatible with a wide range of platforms and command and control structures.
Commenting on the successful evaluation MEADS International President Steve Barnoske remarked, "Joint Project Optic Wind was an early opportunity to prove out the interoperability of the MEADS battle management architecture and its ability to serve as the integrating element for an air and missile defense task force. Open, modular software gives MEADS great flexibility to accommodate additional requirements."
