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Navy Setting Up New Air And Missile Defense Center of Excellence At Dahlgren

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Friday, March 6th, 2009

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By Geoff Fein Next month, the Navy will stand up a new center of excellence at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, Va., focused on integration and synchronization of air and missile defense efforts, a service official said. The new Navy Air and Missile Defense Command (NAMDC) will interface with the operational commanders, program sponsors, research organizations, doctrine developers and the other warfare centers of excellence, Cmdr. Dora Lockwood, 3rd Fleet spokeswoman, told Defense Daily yesterday. NAMDC will be established in…

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