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MDA Close Up Seeker Imaging Test Deemed Successful

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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

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By Ann Roosevelt Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Trey Obering yesterday announced that a seeker characterization test Dec. 3 for the Net-Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE) was successfully conducted at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), N.M. Preliminary indications are that planned flight test objectives were achieved. The test involved the successful close-range imaging of a boosting Orion sounding rocket by a Raytheon [RTN] NCADE seeker-equipped AIM-9X missile launched from an Air National Guard F-16 test aircraft…

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