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Air Force

Hyten Wants Automated Flight Safety System For Launch Ranges By Next Year

Pat Host

Tuesday, April 14th, 2015

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Hyten Wants Automated Flight Safety System For Launch Ranges By Next Year

Aerojet Rocketdyne currently provides rocket engines used in United Launch Alliance's Atlas V launch vehicles. Photo: ULA.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--The head of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) wants an automated flight safety system for launch ranges in place by next year.Air Force Gen. John Hyten said Tuesday the service plans to shut down the range at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., next year for a couple of months because it has to move the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC). Hyten said he'll work with industry partners to get that automated flight safety system certified for use in time, and…

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