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Patriot Missiles With New Software to Down Russia's Hypersonic Kinzhal Missile

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The Pentagon is shifting from big, expensive programs that make overly sophisticated weapons and moving toward buying arms faster and more cheaply. Software upgrades can sometimes enable an existing system to deal with a more advanced threats. The Defense Department is still holding too many competitions in which companies present white papers with proposals instead of working prototypes.

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Patriot Missiles With New Software to Down Russia's Hypersonic Kinzhal Missile

Lockheed CEO James Taiclet said Ukrainian forces the Patriot—invented in the 1970s but upgraded many times to shoot down a Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missile. This was done in May, 2023. Software upgrades can sometimes enable an existing system to deal with a more advanced threats. The Defense Department is still holding too many competitions in ...

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Next Big Future broke the news in United States on Friday, September 22, 2023.
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