Pacific Missile Range Facility News

MOORESTOWN, NJ: The second generation of Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system, BMD 4.0.1, successfully detected, tracked and conducted simulated engagements against a variety of different ballistic missile targets during a series of tracking exercises in the Pacific.

WASHINGTON - Important work on developing a missile-defense system for possible use against Iranian weapons would be done on Kauai under a special request by Sen.

A Japanese ship reversed the Maritime Self-Defense Force's last ballistic missile defence setback with a successful exo-atmospheric Standard Missile interception of a ballistic missile target on 28 October.

An informational briefing on the U.S. missile defense system and the role of the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai will be held from 6 to 8 tonight in Room 325 of the state Capitol.

Japanese and U.S. warships are preparing to test a missile defense system off Kauai.

Glen Rigdon has no regrets in life, especially when it comes to serving his country.

Each year, the federal government spends billions of dollars on defense contracts for Hawai'i that aren't awarded to local companies.

Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf returned to its homeport on Coast Guard Island, Tuesday, after completing its first three-month, multi-mission patrol.

Boosted by a few strong years of testing successes, much of the United Statesa missile defense technology that once was questioned is now ready to be fielded.

Akimeka Technologies and Alakaina Foundation staff includes, from left, Philip Kahue president; Justel Ungos, administrative assistant; Courtney Tagupa, program administrator; Jessica Horiuchi, executive director of the Alakaina Foundation; Rudy Surell, program manager; and Sheree Pascual, human resources generalist.

Akimeka Technologies and Alakaina Foundation staff includes, from left, Philip Kahue president; Justel Ungos, administrative assistant; Courtney Tagupa, program administrator; Jessica Horiuchi, executive director of the Alakaina Foundation; Rudy Surell, program manager; and Sheree Pascual, human resources generalist.

During exercise Stellar Avenger, the Aegis-class destroyer USS Hopper launches a standard missile 3 Blk IA, successfully intercepting a sub-scale short range ballistic missile, launched from the Kauai Test Facility, Pacific Missile Range Facility , Barking Sans, Kauai.

During exercise Stellar Avenger, the Aegis-class destroyer USS Hopper launches a standard missile 3 Blk IA, successfully intercepting a sub-scale short range ballistic missile, launched from the Kauai Test Facility, Pacific Missile Range Facility , Barking Sans, Kauai.

Texas A&M interim president R. Bowen Loftis has requested an independent safety analysis of the McFerrin Athletic Center.

During exercise Stellar Avenger, the Aegis-class destroyer USS Hopper launches a standard missile 3 Blk IA, successfully intercepting a sub-scale short range ballistic missile, launched from the Kauai Test Facility, Pacific Missile Range Facility , Barking Sans, Kauai, on July 30, 2009.

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii, July 31, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- A Raytheon Company Standard Missile-3 destroyed a short-range ballistic missile target in space July 30.

A Pearl Harbor-based destroyer tomorrow will try to shoot down a simulated short-range ballistic missile launched from Barking Sands on Kaua'i as part of the ongoing development of a U.S. missile defense system.

U.S. military officials said they are preparing to conduct more missile defense tests off of Kauai.

The Navy and the Missile Defense Agency are preparing for another test of the Aegis ballistic missile defense system off Hawaii.

The military spends an estimated $8 billion annually in Hawaii, and a big chunk goes to hundreds of local contractors providing goods and services as simple as grass-cutting and as complex as high-tech computer hardware.