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Air Force Pursues Western Range Command Destruct Modernization Effort

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Air Force Pursues Western Range Command Destruct Modernization Effort
Aerojet Rocketdyne currently provides rocket engines used in United Launch Alliance's Atlas V launch vehicles. Photo: ULA.

The Air Force recently sought information from industry for a program called Western Range Command Destruct Modernization (WRCDM), which would implement the Enhanced Flight Termination System (EFTS) by 2020, according to a notice posted on Federal Business Opportunities. EFTS is the Air Force’s future secure and digital codes for terminating errant space launches. Currently, analog secure codes called High Alphabet Flight Termination are codes are used on Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) programs, or national security space launches. A new…

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