MDA News:

On August 10, 2022, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Navy Aegis Technical Representative, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force witnessed another successful demonstration of the J7.B software build in support of the Japanese ASEV program. This demonstration known as ASEV Software Release 3, allows Japan to field J7.B software and the SPY-7(V)1 radar onboard a sea-based ASEV platform to provide ballistic missile defense (BMD) of the Japanese homeland.

A prior demonstration of this software capability known as ASEV Software Release 2, conducted in January 2022, showed Aegis Baseline J7.B with SPY-7(V)1 has the capability to perform engagements against ballistic missiles with the U.S.-Japan cooperatively-developed Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile.

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