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MEADS Passes Key Review

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Monday, August 30th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic A NATO air and missile defense development effort has shown sufficient technological maturity to proceed into its systems integration and flight-testing phases, the system's manufacturer said last week. The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) has just completed its critical design review, industry officials said. "Close to 1,100 design elements have been demonstrated to date," MEADS International President Steve Barnoske told reporters during a teleconference. "No air defense program has been as thoroughly evaluated as MEADS." A…

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