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Latest News
5 MAY 09 |
Missile Defense Agency Risk Reduction Satellite Launched (pdf) The Advanced Technology Risk Reduction satellite serves as a pathfinder for next-generation sensor technology for future MDA space missions |
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4 MAY 09 |
Space Tracking and Surveillance System's Demonstration Program Space Vehicle Two Ships to Canaveral (pdf) The STSS Demonstration satellites will communicate with other elements of the Ballistic Missile Defense System via the Missile Defense Space Experimentation Center ground station |
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24 APR 09 |
Airborne Laser Begins Final Proof-of-Concept Tests (pdf) The Airborne Laser prototype aircraft achieved flight certification on April 21, 2009 as it returned to flight at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. |
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16 APR 09 |
Second Successful Rocket Motor Test of New Target (pdf) The two-stage launch vehicle, or LV-2, is MDA's newest target system and will be used as an intermediate-range target in a flight test later this year |
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13 APR 09 |
Kinetic Energy Interceptor Prepares for Flight Testing with Simulated Launch Countdown (pdf) A simulated launch countdown was executed as a risk reduction effort in preparation for the first flight test of the high-acceleration vehicle |
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RSS FeedsIt is the policy of the United States to deploy as soon as is technologically possible an effective National Missile Defense system capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack (whether accidental, unauthorized, or deliberate) with funding subject to the annual authorization of appropriations and the annual appropriation of funds for National Missile Defense.
— National Missile Defense
Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-38)