1999 Space News

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February 1999 Space News

GPS BLOCK IIR SATELLITES WILL PROVIDE SAME POWER PERFORMANCE AT THE FACE OF THE EARTH AS THE CURRENT BLOCK II/IIA SATELLITES
BMD Update 26 February 1999 -- Article Citations From Published Journals And Newsletters
Setting the Record Straight on S. 257: The National Missile Defense Act of 1999 United States Senate Republican Policy Committee 25 February 1999 -- S. 257, the National Missile Defense Act of 1999, would make it U.S. policy to deploy as soon as technologically possible an effective National Missile Defense system. Yet critics have done their best to misinterpret and misrepresent this bill. Since the Senate will likely debate S. 257 soon, it is imperative that the record be set straight.
Straight Talk on Anthrax from Top Doc American Forces Press Service 25 February 1999 - A video interview of Dr. Sue Bailey, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, has been added to the DoD anthrax information site on the World Wide Web.
Knowledge Key to Combating Chemical, Biological Warfare American Forces Press Service 23 February 1999 - Units now train more frequently with chemical and biological defense equipment that, in the past, was locked away and issued only occasionally. Today, service members do their jobs while wearing protective equipment. Chemical-biological defense has been more fully integrated into training programs.
hard.copy Update 19 February 1999 - ARTICLE CITATIONS GATHERED FROM COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS
Laser Will Knock Down Enemy Missiles Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service February 19, 1999 -- It sounds like a Tom Clancy novel. American troops are in battle against some evil foreign power. The enemy is losing, and in an effort to redress the balance, launches a missile packed with chemical agent. But this is not the stuff of fiction. It is becoming reality and defense officials expect to test the Airborne Laser system against a live missile Sept. 5, 2003.
Support grows for anti-missile net Monday, February 15, 1999 By Pete Pichaske Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News February 15, 1999 -- "I'm predisposed to defense systems that work and, based on the test record to date, anti-missile defense systems have a hard time hitting anything," said John Pike, a defense analyst for the Federation of American Scientists.
Lockheed Martin Vought Systems and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG establish joint venture company for PAC-3 Missiles Lockheed Martin Vought Systems 11 February 1999--Lockheed Martin Vought Systems and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG establish joint venture company for PAC-3 Missiles
Anthrax Vaccine Safe, Effective, Top Doctor Says Douglas J. Gillert American Forces Press Service 09 Feb 1999 -- The Defense Department's top doctor categorically denied reports that contaminated anthrax vaccine has been shipped to military units.
SPACE BASED LASER INTEGRATED FLIGHT EXPERIMENT The U.S. Air Force contracted with an industry joint venture on February 08, 1999 for the Space Based Laser Integrated Flight Experiment (SBL IFX). The award constitutes the first increment of a Cost Plus Award Fee/Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract valued at approximately $2-3 billion once completed.
CONTRACTS - AIR FORCE February 9, 1999 -- Team SBL IFX Joint Venture, Canoga Park, Calif., was awarded on Feb. 8, 1999, a $125,000,000 cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide for the first increment (February 1999-February 2000) of the Space Based Laser Program's Integrated Flight Experiment project.
Boeing loses defense contract SEATTLE (AP - 6 February 1999) -- The Air Force has terminated contracts with The Boeing Co. and Cleveland-based TRW Inc. for two demonstration projects worth more than $800 million involving the National Missile Defense system. "This is rocket science. It's not easy," said John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists. "Clearly the two companies bit off more than they could chew."
Boeing loses big missile defense contract JAMES WALLACE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER February 6, 1999 -- John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists said the Space Based Infrared System, or SBIRS, is an "extraordinary critical element" of the planned missile shield. "It means that I can have that one site in North Dakota and it (the interceptor) could get down to Miami or up to Bill Gates' home in Seattle or anywhere in between in time to shoot down an incoming missile. Without the satellites, I'm stuck with ground-based radar in North Dakota. I would have time to defend the wheat fields, but not much else."
Team ABL validates advanced processing architecture Feb. 5, 1999 -- Team Airborne Laser -- the Air Force, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and TRW ñ today announced that tests of high-speed commercial computer processors demonstrated the performance needed to manage information that will control critical functions of the weapon system's Beam Control/ Fire Control (BC/FC) segment.
Hardcopy Update 02/05/99 - - ARTICLE CITATIONS GATHERED FROM COMMERCIALLY PUBLISHED JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS
DoD Speeds Navy Theater Missile Defense Project By Douglas J. Gillert American Forces Press Service 04 February 1999 -- To defend against the growing threat of missile attacks on foreign-based U.S. forces, DoD will accelerate development of a sea-based theater missile defense system. A perceived medium-range missile threat and past test failures of the Army ground-based Theater High Altitude Area Defense system provoked DoD into moving up the scheduled fielding of the Navy system from 2010 to 2007.
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty's Legal Status Council for a Livable World Education Fund February 3, 1999 -- Advocates of immediate National Missile Defense deployment argue that the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty is no longer a valid treaty. Their legal analyses are biased by their ideology and their conclusions are wrong.
Administration's letter on the Cochran bill National Security Adviser Samuel (Sandy) Berger, speaking for the White House and Defense and State Departments, sent a letter to Michigan Senator Carl Levin dated February 3, 1999 formally opposing the Cochran bill endorsing National Missile Defense deployment and promising a veto.
Airman scheduled for special court-martial (AFPN) 3 Feb 1999 -- Airman 1st Class Jeffrey Bettendorf, who has exercised his right to object to his summary court-martial, will face a special court-martial for refusing a lawful order to receive the anthrax vaccine.
What's DoD Testing for Theater Missile Defense? By Douglas J. Gillert American Forces Press Service 02 February 1999 -- With deployed U.S. forces increasingly threatened by medium-range missile attacks, Defense Secretary William S. Cohen announced Jan. 20 that DoD will step up development of an expanded theater missile defense capability.
Air Force clears way for Titan rockets to return to flight 2 Feb 1999 (AFPN) -- After a six-month stand down, Air Force Space Command's Titan launch vehicle fleet is ready to begin its return to flight.
TBMD Master's Thesis Passes the Test of Time BMD Technical Information Center Focus February 1999 -- Designed to raise ques- tions rather than provide answers, the book addresses four major issues facing the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC): Logistics; Command, Control and In- telligence; Warfighting; and Rules of Engagement.