{"id":90474,"date":"2019-05-08T17:22:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T00:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/raytheon-tests-motor-for-darpas-mad-fires-self-defense-interceptor"},"modified":"2019-05-08T17:22:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T00:22:57","slug":"raytheon-tests-motor-for-darpas-mad-fires-self-defense-interceptor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/raytheon-tests-motor-for-darpas-mad-fires-self-defense-interceptor","title":{"rendered":"Raytheon tests motor for DARPA\u2019s MAD-FIRES self-defense interceptor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/raytheon-tests-motor-for-darpas-mad-fires-self-defense-interceptor.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>May 7 (UPI) \u2014 Raytheon Company successfully tested a hot fire rocket motor for DARPA\u2019s Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System.<\/p>\n<p>The test for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency was conducted on an undisclosed date at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, <a href=\"http:\/\/raytheon.mediaroom.com\/2019-05-06-Raytheon-tests-rocket-motor-for-DARPAs-MAD-FIRES-interceptor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raytheon announced Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The MAD-FIRES interceptor is designed to provide self-defense capability that defeats multiple waves of anti-ship missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, small planes, fast in-shore attack craft and other platforms that \u201cpose a perennial, evolving and potentially lethal threat to ships and other maritime vessels,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/program\/multi-azimuth-defense-fast-intercept-round-engagement-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to the agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Defense-News\/2019\/05\/07\/Raytheon-tests-motor-for-DARPAs-MAD-FIRES-self-defense-interceptor\/8511557240419\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\">Read more<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 7 (UPI) \u2014 Raytheon Company successfully tested a hot fire rocket motor for DARPA\u2019s Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System. The test for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency was conducted on an undisclosed date at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Raytheon announced Monday. The MAD-FIRES interceptor is designed to provide self-defense [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}