Naval Sea Systems Command:

To support and strengthen relationships with NATO allies as part of the Maritime Theater Missile Defense Forum (MTMD-F) and to also test with partners the latest in air and missile defense technical capabilities, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) will be participating in the 2021 At Sea Demonstration/Formidable Shield Exercise with 10 allied nations, including the U.S.

The event, scheduled for May 15 to June 3 at the Hebrides Range off Scotland’s coast and at Andøya Space Defense off Norway’s coast, is an interactive exercise in which military forces are challenged with numerous targets and threats at sea, and work together to defend against air and missile attacks. NSWC PHD is partnering with Navy commanders of the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the technical capabilities’ testing.

“The intended goal is to exercise integrated air and missile defense in a live-fire scenario where you have actual targets attacking the ships and defending regions themselves, and the ships will launch weapons and missiles against those to negate them,” said Eric Hedlund, target working group co-chair with the Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS). “We have different scenarios and different capabilities that are being demonstrated between all the allied nations that are participating out there.”

Lt. Cmdr. Alisha Hamilton, At-Sea Demonstration technical project officer with IWS 1.0, said participants involved with the exercise have dedicated more than two years of planning to ensure the event is a success and the team accomplishes its goals…



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