Interceptor shield

SOURCE: RIA Novosti
November 30, 2005

MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) - All missile test launches in 2005 in Russia were completed successfully, and showed the strong professional level of personnel, and the reliability of the missiles, the Strategic Missile Force press service said Wednesday. “The Strategic Purpose Missile Force is combat-ready and capable of solving set tasks in any conditions,” the service said in a press release.

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SOURCE: IndiaDaily
November 30, 2005

India today successfully test-fired an army version of its supersonic BrahMos cruise missile that was jointly developed with Russia, a defence officer said. The missile was tested from Chandipur-on-sea site, 200 kilometres northeast of Bhubaneswar, the capital of the southeastern state of Orissa, the officer, who declined to be named, said.

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SOURCE: Prnewswire
November 28, 2005

TEWKSBURY, Mass., Nov. 28, 2005 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company’s radar successfully supported a developmental flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile conducted at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) Nov. 22, 2005. The THAAD radar, developed by Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, successfully acquired, tracked, and communicated with the THAAD missile. The radar is a phased array, capable of search, threat detection, classification, and precision tracking at extremely long ranges.

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Source: U.S. Department of Defense

No. 1230-05
November 28, 2005

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY

Alaska Aerospace Development Corp. of Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded a modification to its cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, HQ0006-03-D-0043, to provide kodiak launch complex spaceport facilities and services in support of Missile Defense Agency target launches. The contract was awarded on Sept. 1, 2003 with an estimated contract ceiling of $43,350,000 for a five-year period of performance. The modification will increase the contract ceiling by $26,150,000 for a total estimated value of $69,500,000. The Missile Defense Agency is the contracting activity.

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Press Release

SOURCE: Prnewswire
November 22, 2005

Press Release

TEWKSBURY, Mass., Nov. 22, 2005 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company’s
(NYSE: RTN) Complementary Low Altitude Weapon System (CLAWS) completed a successful operational test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Initial results indicated CLAWS successfully engaged all six targets and achieved all test objectives during the three days of firing. The completion of the operational test marks the end of development testing and signifies the readiness of CLAWS to enter the fielding phase — IOC (initial operational capability) — of the program. This test demonstrated the complete “Family of Systems” architecture. “This test truly demonstrated the system’s capability to provide the warfighter a reliable and lethal capability to defeat the threats in current and future combat environments,” said Juan Garcia, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems CLAWS program manager. “Working closely with our Marine customers on a very aggressive schedule demonstrated commitment, teamwork and ‘Ramp Speed’ as the key factors to our success.” The large volume air picture was provided by the TPS-59 radar and AN/TYQ-23 Tactical Air Operations Module. Close air picture and tracking data were provided by the Thales Raytheon Systems MPQ-64 Sentinel Radar. Command and control, with air picture and track correlation, was performed by the Marine Air Defense Communications Platform updated with the Raytheon Solipsys Multi-Source Correlator Tracker and Tactical Display Framework. Fire control and launch were by the CLAWS launcher. Intercept was by the Raytheon Missile Systems AIM-120 AMRAAM.

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Source: Missile Defense Agency
November 17, 2005

Press Release

Air Force Lieutenant General Henry “Trey” Obering, Missile Defense Agency director, announced the completion today of a successful Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense “hit to kill” interceptor flight test conducted jointly with the U.S. Navy off the coast of Kauai in Hawaii. The test involved for the first time a “separating” target, meaning that the target warhead separated from its booster rocket. This was the sixth successful intercept test in seven flight tests conducted since intercept test began in 2002. Previous tests were against unitary (non-separating) targets representative of “SCUD”-type ballistic missiles.

The event, designated as Flight Test Maritime 04-2 (FTM 04-2), tested the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system. The Aegis program is the maritime component of the overall Ballistic Missile Defense System and is designed to intercept and destroy short to intermediate-ranfe ballistic missile. The interceptor missile was launched from the Pearl Harbor-based Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70), using the operational (emergency activation capability) version of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Block 2004 configuration, which includes the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1 Missile

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SOURCE: LockheedMartin
November 17, 2005

Press Release

TARGETS AND COUNTERMEASURES TEAM COMPLETES SECOND MISSION FOR MDA KAUAI, Hawaii., November 17, 2005 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that it has completed its second successful mission for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA’s) Targets and Countermeasures Program, for which the company is prime contractor. The Targets and Countermeasures Program provided the target missile system for MDA’s successful test of a sea-based MDA Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System today. Launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, the target missile was intercepted by the Aegis weapon system aboard the USS Lake Erie. “Our close partnership with the Missile Defense Agency on the Targets and Countermeasures Program made this mission success possible,” said Linda Reiners, vice president, Missile Defense Systems, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. This test of the Aegis system demonstrated its preparedness in defending against short- and medium-range ballistic missile threats. The MDA and the U.S. Navy are jointly developing Aegis BMD as part of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors develops the Aegis BMD Weapon System and serves as the Combat System Engineering Agent for Aegis BMD. “This mission demonstrated our teams’ integration and launch services capabilities that are important for realistic and rigorous testing of the Ballistic Missile Defense System,” said Jim Tevepaugh, program director, Targets and Countermeasures, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company.

Key Lockheed Martin subcontractors supporting this test included Battelle, ITT Industries Inc. and Orbital Sciences Corp. The Targets and Countermeasures Program completed its first mission Sept. 26, when it launched a test missile from a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft over the Pacific Ocean for the MDA’s successful Cobra Dane radar tracking exercise.

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SOURCE: PRNewsWire
November 17, 2005

Press Release

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii, Nov. 17, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — A Raytheon Company-produced Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) destroyed a ballistic missile target outside the earth’s atmosphere during a Missile Defense Agency / Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program flight test over the Pacific Ocean. It was the sixth successful intercept for the Aegis BMD program using the SM-3. The Nov. 17 mission was the first test against a separating ballistic missile target. The SM-3 Block I initial deployment round used in the test was an operational missile delivered by Raytheon last year for testing and availability for emergency deployment. In the operationally realistic scenario, the SM-3 was launched from USS Lake Erie, an Aegis BMD cruiser, and hit the target missile that had been launched from the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii. The ship’s crew was not informed of the target launch time and operational testers observed the exercise to ensure a realistic wartime environment. “SM-3 continues to perform flawlessly in increasingly challenging scenarios. This test, using a missile right from the Navy’s inventory, was conducted in operational conditions,” said Edward Miyashiro, Raytheon Missile Systems vice president, Naval Weapon Systems. “Continued success provides confidence that the nation can increase the number of systems deployed and make missile capability improvements. We are even seeing our international allies taking a closer look at SM-3 for their homeland defense. Sea-based ballistic missile defense provides a global capability.”Japan has decided to procure SM-3 and the Aegis BMD system for its Kongo class ships.

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Source: U.S. Department of Defense

Contracts No. 1190-05
November 16, 2005

NAVY

BAE Systems Applied Technologies Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $62,527,317 cost plus fixed fee and cost plus incentive fee of effort contract. This contract provides for System Integration Support for the TRIDENT II (D5) Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) Program in implementing interface control programs and performing special technical investigations such as the following: (1) modify and update system test procedures; (2) perform configuration management and alteration control via documentation, drawings and technical manuals; (3) provide logistics, engineering and material control support; and (4) provide maintenance support data system installation and support for the strategic weapon system, including materials. The contract also contains option effort to plan for and participate in strategic weapon system testing during submarine overhaul, refit and backfit; and provide Tomahawk Land Attack Missile-Nuclear (TLAM-N) support, Advanced Systems’ Studies, Strategic Weapon System Underwater Launch Technology Sustainment, TRIDENT II (D5) Life Extension Systems Engineering, and TRIDENT Submarine Operation and Employment Studies. Work will be performed in Kings Bay, Ga. (11.78 percent); Bangor, Wash. (.85 percent); Mechanicsburg, Pa. (2.83 percent); San Diego, Calif. (5.96 percent); and Rockville, Md. (78.58 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2006. Contract funds in the amount of $44,594,119 will expire at
the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00030-06-C-0006).

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $17,375,210 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-04-C-5456) for production of 30 rolling airframe missile (RAM) block 1/HAS MK-44 Mod 3 all-up-round tactical guided missile round packs and test equipment design maintenance in support of the RAM Program for South Korea under the foreign military sales program.
RAM is a missile system designed to provide anti-ship missile defense. The MK 44 GMRP are designed to provide current RAM Block 1 missile configuration, which features an image scanning infrared seeker that allows the missile to counter advanced anti-ship threats that do not employ active radar guidance. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (50 percent), Ottobrunn, Germany (50 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

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