Remarks by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at the Seventh Annual Space and Missile Defense Conference are now available from the Department of Defense. CDI/’s Victoria Samson, who attended the gathering, noticed a mildly Orwellian editorial decision: One part of the speech which somehow didn/’t make it to this transcript was when an audience member …
Common Aero Vehicle Restrictions
by | 2004-08-22 | No Comments
In my August 6 post regarding the award of a contract to develop a hypersonic technology vehicle under DARPA/’s FALCON/Common Aero Vehicle program, I neglected to mention the restrictions on the Common Aero Vehicle program that emerged from conference. The Appropriators agreed to $29.1 M for two programs supporting the development of the Common Aero …
CD Update
by | 2004-08-20 | No Comments
Despite the recent announcement that the United States supports a fissile material cut-off treaty, the United States is still blocking adoption of a work program that would allow negotiations to begin. The new President of the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Ambassador U Mya Than of Myanmar, has urged the delegations “not in a position …
NFIRE Status Update
by | 2004-08-20 | No Comments
Looks like MDA is just as confused by the brackets around the $68.0 M for NFIRE as anybody else. Here/’s what I can figure out: MDA will remove the Kill Vehicle (KV) from NFIRE satellite, leaving just the Tracking Sensor Payload (TSP) onboard, MDA will use the NFIRE KV as a ground-based risk reduction asset …
