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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Missile Defense Agency Completes Successful Flight Tests of Enhanced Nozzle for SM-3 Third Stage Rocket Motor

Missile Defense Agency Completes Successful Flight Tests of Enhanced Nozzle for SM-3 Third Stage Rocket Motor

"...the Missile Defense Agency’s successful tests of its enhanced MK 136 Third Stage Rocket Motor (TSRM) nozzle on the Raytheon Standard Missile (SM)-3 Block IB in Controlled Test Vehicles (CTVs)-01a/02. These flight tests were conducted on May 25 and 26, 2016, respectively, at the Pacific Missile Range Facility. The missiles were launched from a U.S. Navy Aegis destroyer off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii ..."

Reference: finance.yahoo.com .

US, Japan Sign Arms Trade Pact: Missile Defense Co-Production & More

US, Japan Sign Arms Trade Pact: Missile Defense Co-Production & More

"...“DOD has been trying to negotiate a reciprocal agreement with the Japanese for decades, but the big hurdle has been the ‘reciprocal’ part of this: the Japanese being willing to export technology … and the willingness to open up their defense market,” said a Hill staffer. “The implications for two way defense cooperation – particularly in missile defense technology – could be pretty significant.” “If you look at trade data, for aerospace civil imports, they’re one of our largest suppliers; if you look on the defense side, it’s zero,” said Joel Johnson, an analyst at the Teal Group. The Reciprocal Defense Procurement pact could blow that open ..."

Reference: breakingdefense.com .