Deliveries of THAAD interceptors halted after chip failed acceptance tests

Deliveries of THAAD interceptors halted after chip failed acceptance tests

Lockheed Martin was force to halt production of THAAD missile interceptors for seven months after a component inside the weapon failed acceptance tests.
“THAAD Launcher“. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

The part was revealed to be the Static Random Access Memory, according to a report released by the THAAD program manager last week.
So far, Lockheed Martin has only managed to delivered 3 out of 44 interceptors on contract.

Source: Deliveries of THAAD interceptors halted after chip failed acceptance tests