DOD Completes Flight Test of Hypersonic Missile

DOD Completes Flight Test of Hypersonic Missile

"...The U.S. Navy and U.S. Army recently completed an end-to-end flight test of a hypersonic missile from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, HI. The test provided data on the end-to-end performance of the Conventional Prompt Strike and Long Range Hypersonic Weapon All Up Round...."

Reference: www.defense.gov .

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 .

Raytheon Standard Missile-6 successfully hits surface target

Raytheon Standard Missile-6 successfully hits surface target

"...PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii, Mar. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) successfully engaged a surface target -- the decommissioned USS Reuben James (FFG 57) -- in a recent flight test. The test was a demonstration of the U.S. Navy's concept of "distributed lethality," employing ships in dispersed formations to increase the offensive might of the surface force and enabling future options for the joint force commander. The USS John Paul Jones fired the SM-6 during the test; another Air Defense Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer was on station as the assist ship..."

Reference: www.prnewswire.com .

Hawaii rocket carrying satellite fails after takeoff

Hawaii rocket carrying satellite fails after takeoff

"...The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the Air Force confirmed the failure of the Super Strypi rocket at Kauai's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Tuesday..."

Reference: www.foxnews.com .

Successful test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System

US Successfully Tests Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Amid Ongoing Tensions With Russia

"...The United States successfully tested the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense, or BMD, system over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, simultaneously destroying one ballistic missile target and two cruise missile targets, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, or MDA, announced in a statement...."

Reference: www.ibtimes.com .

Lockheed Martin successfully completed its most challenging missile test to date

Lockheed: Hardest Missile Test A Success

"...The troops who operated THAAD in the latest test did not know what day nor time the mission would occur, “to make this a realistic tactical environment,” the Lockheed statement said...."

Reference: www.aviationweek.com .

Hawaii sought for more missile-defense work

Hawaii sought for more missile-defense work
"...Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency, have asked Congress for $68.5 million to build an Aegis missile-defense test site at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the western shores of Kauai...."
Reference: www.honoluluadvertiser.com

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Missile test canceled due to target malfunction

Missile test canceled due to target malfunction
"...The Army canceled a THAAD missile test planned for yesterday afternoon at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kaua'i because of a "malfunction with the target missile," the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said...."
Reference: www.honoluluadvertiser.com

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