At Sea Demonstration 2015 - A Film by QinetiQ

• published: 03 Nov 2015
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QinetiQ proudly supported the Maritime Theatre Missile Defense (MTMD) Forum in delivering At Sea Demonstration 2015 (ASD 15). The demonstration took place in October 2015 on, and around the MOD Hebrides Range in the UK. The Range is operated by QinetiQ under the Long Term Partnering Agreement (LTPA). The MTMD Forum is built up of ten nations; Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States. Nine of which took part in the demonstration. ASD15 included the launch of four ballistic missile Terrier Orion targets, one exo-atmospheric intercept of a Terrier Orion with a Standard Missile 3 (SM3), 11 sea skimming Mirach targets flown and nine surface to air missiles fired, including Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM), Standard Missile 2 (SM2) and ASTER 30. The demonstration saw a number of firsts, including the first European maritime units’ cueing a US guided missile destroyer in a ballistic missile defence role. The first launch of Standard Missile 3 (SM3) outside the US Pacific Ranges, resulting in the first exo-atmospheric intercept from European waters, and, the first object launched into Space from UK soil (the Terrier Orion target from the MOD Hebrides Range). The following ships took part in ASD15: Canada: HMCS Montreal, Modernized Halifax France: FS Aquitaine, FREMM Italy: ITS Andrea Doria, Orrizonte Spain: ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbón (F102), F-100 Netherlands: HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën, ADCF Norway: HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen, F-310 United Kingdom: HMS Dauntless, Type-45 United States: USS The Sullivans, AD DDG-51 and the USS Ross, BMD DDG-51