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	Kinetic Energy Interceptor
		The KEI program is designed to produce interceptors capable of shooting down enemy ballistic missiles during their boost and ascent phases of flight.
		Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) is a missile defense program whose goal is to design, develop, and deploy kinetic energy-based, mobile, ground and sea-launched missiles that can intercept and destroy enemy ballistic missiles during their boost phase.
		Kinetic boost phase intercept is a challenge because the threat missile must be detected and confirmed within a few seconds of launch.
	www.globalsecurity.org /space/systems/kei.htm (1479 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - kinetic energy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Lockheed Martin and Boeing to partner on Kinetic Energy Interceptor.
		Rheinmetall was awarded a 30 million [euro] contract from the Bundeswehr to provide its new DM 63 tungsten kinetic energy tank ammunition for the Leopard 2 main battle tank, the platform for which the DM 63 was specifically designed.(Business)
		Peterbilt and Eaton are jointly developing a technology that recycles a truck's kinetic energy to conserve fuel, assist in acceleration, increase brake life, and reduce engine and transmission wear.(Equipment News Roundup)(Brief Article)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-kineticen.asp (261 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		Terry Little, program director of MDA's Kinetic Energy Interceptor office, is considering the costs and benefits of launching kinetic-energy interceptor missiles from Aegis-equipped warships, submarines, or cargo ships.
		A more advanced kinetic-energy interceptor missile would be fielded as a ground-based element of a missile defense system by 2010.
		Interceptor missiles also could be launched from the new Virginia-class attack boats with a modular hull insert or the four Trident boats now being converted to guided-missile submarine (SSGN) configuration to fire Tomahawk missiles and transport special operations forces.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/oct_03_27.php (1131 words)

	Kinetic Energy Interceptor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) is a planned U.S. missile defense program whose goal is to design, develop, and deploy kinetic energy-based, mobile, ground and sea-launched missiles that can intercept and destroy enemy ballistic missiles during their boost phase.
		KEI element consists of Interceptor Component, Mobile Launcher Component, and Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) component.
		If implemented, the initiative is scheduled for deployment in 2008.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kinetic_Energy_Interceptor (115 words)

	kinetic energy
		energy - energy, in physics, the ability or capacity to do work or to produce change.
		Rheinmetall was awarded a 30 million [euro] contract from the Bundeswehr to provide its new DM 63 tungsten kinetic energy tank ammunition......
		Peterbilt and Eaton are jointly developing a technology that recycles a truck's kinetic energy to conserve fuel, assist in acceleration,......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/sci/A0921614.html (238 words)

	Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations
		Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations
		Energy Citations Database (ECD) Document #84791 - The kinetic energy interceptor: Shooting a bullet with a bullet
		When nuclear-tipped defensive missiles, such as Sprint and Spartan, were phased out years ago, the US turned for its defense to kinetic-energy{open_quotes}kill{close_quotes} interceptors - missiles that destroy an enemy missile by striking it with lethal force and accuracy at some point in its trajectory.
	www.osti.gov /energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=84791 (323 words)

	MissileThreat :: Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) underwent the first in a series of static test firings of its second-stage rocket, on January 17.
		As a midcourse phase interceptor, the KEI could possibly be based aboard submarines or Aegis cruisers, though such possibilities would probably not be feasible until several years after the 2010 scheduled feasibility for the land based version.
		Unlike the Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) being constructed in Alaska which would intercept long-range missiles during their midcourse phase in space, the KEI, while ground-based is designed to intercept missiles in their boost phase, that is, during their ascent.
	www.missilethreat.com /systems/kei_usa.html (2674 words)

	Missile Defense (MDAA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Kinetic Energy Interceptor program will develop nextgeneration, mobile multi-use intercept capabilities to destroy medium-range, intermediate-range and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
		The Kinetic Energy Interceptor Development and Test Phase contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman in December 2003.
		The Kinetic Energy Interceptor program builds upon existing and planned Ballistic Missile Defense System sensors and Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications capabilities developed in other program elements.
	www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org /index/protection_systems_kei.php (377 words)

	Northrop Grumman Capitol Source: Kinetic Energy Interceptors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Kinetic Energy Interceptors are designed to destroy enemy ballistic missiles during their boost/ascent phase of flight
		Kinetic Energy Interceptors are currently in the development verification phase.
		As part of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, KEI is scheduled to be available during the period of January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012.
	www.capitolsource.northropgrumman.com /programs/kei.html (180 words)

	Print the story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		KEI is the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) mobile, multi-mission, high- performance interceptor component of the layered Ballistic Missile Defense System, with Northrop Grumman Corporation serving as the prime contractor for the MDA - Kinetic Energy Directorate.
		The testing focused on acquiring aerodynamic force and moment data, as well as high frequency pressure and acoustic data on the second stage vehicle.
		The test was conducted in March under the direction of Orbital Sciences Corporation, a primary partner with Raytheon on the KEI interceptor.
	www.physorg.com /printnews.php?newsid=4545 (276 words)

	MissileThreat :: News Archive: Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Lasers are of particular importance due to their speed in interception, which easily overcomes the speed of ballistic missiles and permits boost phase interception, when missiles are most vulnerable.
		Some two minutes later, a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptor was launched from the USS Lake Erie Aegis cruiser.
		After being put onto the right course by the SM-3 missile, the kinetic warhead tracked and closed upon the target missile, finally impacting it at an altitude of 137 km and at a closing speed of some 3.7 km/sec.
	www.missilethreat.com /news/technology.html (4338 words)

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		The Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle is part of the Kinetic Energy Interceptor, promised by Bush in 2002.
		The program, known as the Kinetic Energy Interceptor, uses an Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle to "pulverize" a U.S.-bound enemy intercontinental ballistic missile early in its flight - before the missile leaves Earth's atmosphere - using kinetic energy rather than a conventional warhead.
		The kill vehicle rides inside the nose of an interceptor missile.
	www.tucsoncitizen.com /print/business/050704d1_raytheon (470 words)

	friendly printed version:CDI Space Security Update #10.2004 ~ May 19, 2004
		The House approved a $177 million decrease in the overall MDA budget request for FY 05, including $75 million from the development of a new Kinetic Energy Interceptor intended for launch from either land, sea, or space.
		The KEI program funding is for land, sea, and space based interceptors, and although the administration has noted that the majority of this funding in the near-term is for the ground-based interceptors, the system is being designed with an evolutionary capability in mind.
		Plans for this space-based test bed are moving forward as planned, even though it goes against the official policy of the United States prohibiting space-based weapons.
	www.cdi.org /friendlyversion/printversion.cfm?documentID=2221 (963 words)

	Source Selection Sensitive Information, See FAR 2.101 and 3.104
		Kinetic Energy Interceptor capability Development and Test 3.
		The Test and Deployment engineers are very knowledgeable and quite tenacious when it comes to raising issues that are critical to the Agency and the KEI Program.
		The Interceptor Engineer had good technical expertise and was very responsive to programmatic requests.
	www.meicompany.com /customers/feedback/mdakicpar2.htm (2502 words)

	Orbital Sciences Corp. adding 300 jobs in Chandler \| EastValleyTribune.com
		The Kinetic Energy Interceptor is a fast missile designed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles shortly after they are launched and before it can deploy decoys and other countermeasures that foil missile defenses.
		It is the first layer in a three-part defense system that is being pushed by the Bush administration to knock out nuclear missiles in the early, middle and final descent phases of their flight.
		Orbital is part of an industrial team headed by Northrop Grumman Corp. and the Raytheon Co. to design and build the Kinetic Energy Interceptor portion of the system.
	www.eastvalleytribune.com /?sty=21218 (721 words)

	Northrop Grumman Corporation - Defining the Future
		The Northrop Grumman and Raytheon team for the KEI program successfully completed the first in a series of test firings of the missile's second-stage rocket motor on Jan. 17, 2006, at teammate Alliant Techsystem's facility in Elkton, Md.
		"The success of this initial test is a tribute not only to the hard work by the entire team, but also to the importance we've placed on mission assurance for the KEI program," said Craig Staresinich, vice president and general manager of the Kinetic Energy Interceptor program for Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems sector.
		Raytheon leads the interceptor development work for the KEI program with ATK as its principal subcontractor responsible for performing the Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3 rocket-motor development work.
	www.irconnect.com /noc/press/pages/news_releases.mhtml?d=92618 (497 words)

	Northrop Grumman And Raytheon Team For Kinetic Energy Interceptor Bid
		Part of the layered missile defense architecture envisioned by MDA, the program is designed to produce interceptors capable of shooting down enemy ballistic missiles during their boost and ascent phases of flight.
		Raytheon will serve as the principal subcontractor responsible for developing and integrating the interceptor and a significant portion of weapon system engineering.
		The company is the U.S. Army's contractor for the Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser, and it also is playing a leading role developing and fielding the Aegis weapon system, the major sea-based element of missile defense.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/bmdo-03b.html (766 words)

	Northrop Grumman Successfully Demonstrates Kinetic Energy Interceptors Missile Defense Battle Management Capabilities
		KEI is a mobile, land-based missile-defense system that, when deployed, will be able to destroy a hostile threat during its boost and ascent phase of flight.
		These events are seen as the initial step in a series of planned demonstrations over the next two years to prove the overall KEI system's ability to perform its mission.
		Northrop Grumman is leading a team charged with developing and testing a Kinetic Energy Interceptors boost/ascent phase capability for the global layered ballistic missile defense system, under contract to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.
	www.primezone.com /newsroom?d=77675 (636 words)

	Rockwell Collins joins Northrop Grumman-Raytheon team to support critical missile defense program
		The KEI system is intended to provide the U.S. with the ability to destroy hostile missiles at their most vulnerable stage, the boost/ascent phase of flight.
		Rockwell Collins will provide the Interceptor Communications Unit subsystem that will be located in the missile, as well as the RF Transceiver Modem communications subsystem located in the KEI In-Flight Communications System.
		Rockwell Collins is also supplying the communications system for the Exo-Atmospheric Kill Vehicle, a system designed to intercept weapons of mass destruction in their mid-course portion of flight.
	www.rockwellcollins.com /news/page4831.html (374 words)

	PR Newswire: Kinetic Energy Interceptor Successfully Completes First Wind Tunnel Test.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		PR Newswire: Kinetic Energy Interceptor Successfully Completes First Wind Tunnel Test.@ HighBeam Research
		Kinetic Energy Interceptor Successfully Completes First Wind Tunnel Test.
		TUCSON, Ariz., June 13, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company recently completed the first in a series of risk-reduction high speed wind tunnel tests of the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) missile in preparation for future flight testing.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:133188978&refid=ink_tptd_nw (173 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Northrop and Raytheon team selects Alliant for contract
		The Northrop Grumman Corp. and Raytheon Co. team for the Kinetic Energy Interceptor program has selected Alliant Techsystems' Utah manufacturing site to provide the solid-propellant manufacturing process for the KEI Stage 1 motor.
		Raytheon, which leads the interceptor development, and its subcontractor, ATK, conducted a survey of ATK's solid-rocket motor operations and jointly selected the ATK Thiokol facility in Magna.
		In addition to a work force that's experienced in building large motors similar in size to the KEI Stage 1, the companies said in a release, ATK Thiokol offers a solid-propellant loading facility that has successfully loaded propellant in more than 2,000 motors with similar features to KEI Stage 1.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600151611,00.html (140 words)

	ATK to Build Canister Gas Generators for the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		ATK to Build Canister Gas Generators for the Kinetic Energy Interceptor
		The first static firing for the Stage 1 Rocket Motor is scheduled for FY06 while the gas generator eject test is scheduled for FY07.
		During the eject test, the generators will propel an inert “slug” out of the canister that is matched in weight and center of gravity to the actual interceptor.
	atk.com /NewsReleases2005/2005-05-25-Canister_Gas.asp (478 words)

	Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests Kinetic Energy Interceptor Missile Defense Battle Management Capability Ahead of ...
		The purpose of these tests is to further verify that the KFC/C system solution can "close the fire-control loop," meeting the timelines and accuracy requirements associated with engaging and shooting down a target missile in the boost/ascent phase of flight.
		These include a successful firing of the second-stage rocket motor in January with ATK and Raytheon, a previous successful test of the system's battle-management capability in May 2005, and two high-speed wind-tunnel tests performed by Raytheon, principal teammate and lead for the interceptor development work, in July and December of 2005.
		The program plans a number of other risk-reduction activities including a test of the stage one rocket motor later this year, leading up to a booster flight in 2008.
	www.primezone.com /newsroom/news.html?d=95743 (569 words)

	Northrop Grumman - Missile Defense - Program Information - Kinetic Energy Interceptors
		The KEI consists of a mobile launcher, an interceptor and a command and control battle management and communication (C2BMC) system that is housed in a transportable trailer.
		It is deployable anywhere in the world using U.S. military aircraft.
		KEI’s spectrum of capabilities matches a key objective of missile defense: to engage early and often in defense of the United States and its allies.
	www.northropgrumman.com /missiledefense/ProgramInfo/KEI.html (187 words)

	Composites News International - Kinetic Energy Interceptor Missile Defense Team Performs Static Test-Fire of Stage-Two ...
		Kinetic Energy Interceptor Missile Defense Team Performs Static Test-Fire of Stage-Two Rocket Motor
		The event marked a critical knowledge point for the program that will lead up to the program's first booster flight test in 2008.
		Raytheon leads the interceptor development work for the KEI program with ATK as its principal subcontractor responsible for performing the Stage One, Stage Two and Stage Three rocket-motor development work.
	www.compositesnews.com /cni.asp?articleID=10237 (1073 words)

	Northrop Grumman - Missile Defense - Press Room
		Northrop Grumman Performs Second Successful Test of Kinetic Energy Interceptor Battle Management Capability, Ahead of Schedule
		Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests Kinetic Energy Interceptor Missile Defense Battle Management Capability Ahead of Schedule
		Kinetic Energy Interceptor Missile Defense Team Successfully Performs Static Test-Fire of Stage 2 Rocket Motor
	www.grumman.com /missiledefense/press_room (526 words)

	Yorkshire CND - News Items on Missile Defense 2003
		Northrop Grumman And Raytheon To Compete For Kinetic Energy Interceptors - 1/4/03
		Northrop Grumman And Raytheon Bid For Kinetic Energy Interceptor - 7/3/03
		Canada Set for Major Missile Defense Talks in U.S. Vandenberg to receive interceptors by 2005 - 20/1/03
	cndyorks.gn.apc.org /md/news03.htm (2543 words)

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