The news site for the missile defense industry. Missile Defense is a defense system intended to protect the U.S. from intercontinental ballistic missiles fired by rogue states.
"...Raytheon is on schedule to take "beneficial occupancy" of the plant from contractor Brasfield Gorrie of Birmingham in August. Stevenson said last week that will be when the specialized equipment can go in. The first delivery of SM-6 missiles from here is set for January 2013, followed closely by the first SM-3s...."
Reference: al.com ."...Tegeder was writing computer code for missiles by day, and hammering out code for mobile-device game applications by night. Now, Tegeder has traded missiles for dinosaurs ..."
Reference: www.therepublic.com .
"...Also in preparation for the November test, MEADS successfully completed a Battle Management Command, Control, Communications and Computers and Intelligence (BMC4I) software design review in Huntsville, Ala., in August. The review validated software design and functionalities needed for upcoming MEADS flight tests and demonstrations...."
Reference: www.sacbee.com .
"...issued a signing statement, something he once opposed, saying that language in the bill aimed at protecting top-secret technical data on the U.S. Standard Missile-3 — linchpin of our missile defense..."
Reference: investors.com .
"...Despite his use of the term 'long-range', the semi-official Fars news agency said the Qader's range was only 200 km (125 miles), and no figure was given for the Nour...."
Reference: www.reuters.com .