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Boeing Re-Awarded Contract To Develop the GMD System
January 1st, 2012 at 5:13 pm » Comments (0)
Here is some good news if you are employee of Boeing working on GMD: Boeing Co beat out Lockheed Martin to retain its position as the prime contractor for the U.S. long-range missile shield, the Pentagon ...more »Hawaii News Now Video of the SBX
December 6th, 2011 at 1:30 pm » Comments (0)
Here is a pretty good video from Hawaii News Now about the SBX which is currently in port at Pearl Harbor: more »Defense Contractors Compete for GMD Support Contract
December 5th, 2011 at 12:39 am » Comments (0)
Here are a couple of updates on the status of the GMD support contract: (click to see others) GMD will remain part of the USA’s missile defenses, but it won’t be expanding. ...more »Update On STSS Performance During THAAD FTT-12
December 1st, 2011 at 12:25 am » Comments (0)
Here is an update on the performance of the STSS during the recent THAAD FTT-12: The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites tracked two different missile targets and delivered ...more »SBX Currently At Pearl Harbor For Maintenance
October 30th, 2011 at 3:41 pm » Comments (0)
If anyone living on Oahu is wondering what the "Giant Golfball" at port in Pearl Harbor is, it just the SBX: (Image) The Sea-Based X-Band Radar, known informally as the giant floating ...more »Funding Issues to Effect US GMD Missile Defense Program
April 12th, 2011 at 5:05 pm » Comments (0)
Here is an update from Defense Industry Daily on the Ground-based Mid-course Defense (GMD) program: Continuing resolutions are having an effect on the GMD program, as the 2010 baseline effectively ...more »Airborne Laser Successfully Shoots Down A Target
February 13th, 2010 at 2:24 pm » Comments (0)
It is interesting how putting the screws to these defense contractors they can finally produce some results with this system: A flying Boeing 747 jumbo jet equipped with a massive laser ...more »Video the GMD FTG-06 Flight Test
February 8th, 2010 at 5:15 pm » Comments (0)
Via Closing Velocity comes this video from the recent Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) flight test (FTG-06): The test was technically a failure due to an SBX sensor issue but the interceptors ...more »GMD System Fails To Intercept In Recent Flight Test
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:12 pm » Comments (0)
Considering the various issues that continue to plague the GMD program that fact the SBX is acting up now is not a good thing: The Missile Defense Agency conducted a flight ...more »Upcoming GMD Test Important to Deter Iranian Missile Threat
December 30th, 2009 at 12:40 pm » Comments (0)
Here is an article from TIME magazine discussing the significance of the planned US test of the Ground-based Mid-course Defense system (GMD): [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="307" caption="Shahab-3 Missile In Iran"][/caption] Fake "North ...more »