Missile Software Problem Scrubs Navy Area Test

By Thomas Duffy / June 15, 2000 at 5:00 AM
A software problem connected with the Standard Missile 2 forced Navy officials to scrub a test of the Area missile defense program scheduled for this morning at White Sands Missile range, NM, according to a Navy spokeswoman. No new date has been set for the test, Lt. Cmdr. Dawn Cutler said. As reported this week by Inside the Navy , the test is designed to judge the Area missile's autopilot response performance, stable autopilot performance throughout flight and autopilot performance...

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