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 "title": "Lockheed's PAC-3 ACE and MBDA's Counter Mass Interceptor Launch at Farnborough, Both Promised for 2028",
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 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFarnborough, 20 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Lockheed Martin introduced the PAC-3 ACE — Adapted Capability Effector — claiming less than half the unit cost of the PAC-3 MSE; COO Frank St John told the Financial Times the target is USD 1.5–2 million a round at roughly two-thirds the MSE's coverage, against an MSE price near USD 4 million, with first flight in about 18 months\n * MBDA unveiled the Counter Mass Interceptor (CMI) — a 53 kg, 2.3-metre munition with an infrared seeker and a ",
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