Missile Defense
Space Tracking and Surveillance System Demonstration Satellites Observe June 28 THAAD Intercept Flight Test
07.19.10 -- The Northrop Grumman Corporation and Raytheon Company built Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration program satellites participated in a test of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA's) Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on June 28 in the most thorough indication yet of the space-based sensor's capabilities.
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STSS Demonstration Satellites Detect, Track Test Launch of an ICBM Minuteman Missile
07.16.10 -- The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration program satellites, built by Northrop Grumman Corp and Raytheon Company, detected and tracked an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) launched on June 16 by the U.S. Air Force. The launch, designated Glory Trip 200GM-1, was the 200th scheduled test launch of an ICBM Minuteman Missile.
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Space Tracking and Surveillance System Demonstration Satellites Track Two-Stage Interceptor in Missile Defense Test
07.08.10 -- The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration satellites, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation and Raytheon Company, successfully detected and tracked a two-stage Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) during a U.S. Missile Defense Agency flight test on June 6, 2010.
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Two Northrop Grumman Laser Systems Help Airborne Laser Testbed Turn Science Fiction Into Fact
02.12.10 -- The Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) transitioned from science fiction to directed energy fact Feb. 11 when it put a lethal amount of 'light on target' to destroy a boosting ballistic missile with help from a megawatt-class laser developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation.
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Northrop Grumman Will Enter Competition as Prime Contractor for Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Midcourse Defense Contract
01.21.10 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) today said it will enter the competition as a prime contractor for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Development and Sustainment contract.
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