USS John Paul Jones conducts Aegis BL9.C1 BMD test

PACIFIC OCEAN – The crew of the guided missile destroyer
USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted
a series of five live-fire tests for the Baseline 9C
Aegis Combat System during Combat Systems Ship’s Qualification
Trials (CSSQT) and Naval Integrated Fire Control Counter Air
(NIFC-CA) capability off the coast of Southern California.

Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Detects and Tracks Medium-Range Ballistic Missile Target

The Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the USS JOHN PAUL JONES (DDG-53) successfully conducted a flight test involving the launch of a medium-range ballistic missile target from the Pacific Missile Range Facility located on Kauai, Hawaii. 
At approximately 9:08 p.m. (Hawaii Standard Time, October 16, 3:08 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, October 17) a medium-range ballistic missile target was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on Kauai, Hawaii.  The USS JOHN PAUL JONES, positioned west of Hawaii, detected and tracked the missile with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar using the Aegis Baseline 9.C1 (BMD 5.0 Capability Upgrade) Weapon System.  Several fire control, discrimination, and engagement functions were exercised.  No SM-3 guided missiles were launched during this event.
Program officials will evaluate system performance based upon telemetry and other data obtained during the test. 
Other test participants included the Sea-Based X-band Radar, Space Tracking and Surveillance System Demonstrators, Discrimination Sensor Technology, Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) Enterprise Sensors Lab, C2BMC Experimentation Lab, and the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex located at PMRF. 
The objective of the Discrimination Sensor Technology associated operation was to demonstrate that the Aegis weapon system can launch an SM-3, engage and destroy a ballistic missile solely on tracks from remote airborne sensors.  For this test, an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) with Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS-B) was used.   The engagement was simulated in real-time using a mainland test bed laboratory.
This test is designated Flight Test Other (FTX)-20.  The MDA will use test results to improve and enhance the Ballistic Missile Defense System and support the advancement of Phase 2 of the Phased Adaptive Approach for missile defense in Europe to provide protection of U.S. deployed forces, our European allies and partners.

Published on Jul 25, 2014

Documentary with commentary form the [USS Lake Erie] ship's Captain on the successful testing of the Aegis BMD flight test mission, Stellar Eyes, FTM-20.

Approved for Public Release, 13-MDA-7614 (1 Nov 2013).

Target missile tracked during test off Hawaii - Hawaii News - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

KEKAHA  The military says it successfully detected and tracked a medium-range missile target during a test off Hawaii. The Defense Department says Thursday's test was to demonstrate that the Aegis defense system can engage and track a ballistic missile while using only tracks from remote airborne sensors. The target missile was launched from Kauai's Pacific Missile Range Facility. Sailors aboard the Pearl Harbor-based USS John Paul Jones used radar to detect and track the target. The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System is the naval component of the nation's missile defense program. The Defense Department says missile defense technology being developed, tested and deployed by the United States is designed to counter ballistic missiles of all ranges -- short, medium, intermediate and long.

The military says it successfully intercepted a medium-range missile during a test off Hawaii. The Defense Department says Thursday's test was to demonstrate that the Aegis defense system can engage and track a ballistic missile while using only tracks from remote airborne sensors.  The target missile was launched from Kauai's Pacific Missile Range Facility. Sailors aboard the Pearl Harbor-based USS John Paul Jones used radar to detect and track the target.

DESTROYER JOHN PAUL JONES GETS A MAJOR UPGRADE | UTSanDiego.com

“Especially with the advances that we have put into the radar with the development of the multi-mission signal processor, it really enhances our capability for integrated air and missile defense,” said Cmdr. Drew Thomson, commanding officer of the destroyer, which boasts a crew of about 280.

“Also some of the other work we have done as well has enabled us to embark new weapons systems,” he said. “It expands our capacity and capability to deal both with air and ballistic missile threats, which this class of ship had never seen before. We really are cutting edge.”

The John Paul Jones is the first ship in its class to be undergoing this specific modernization. In particular the latest version of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system is being installed.

previously:

spendergast: LMCO MS&T Contract for up to $420M for Aegis Weapon System ACB12
Aegis Combat System's Newest Baseline Demos Over The Horizon Capability