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	Starstreak missile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Development on the missile began in the early 1980s after a study into a weapon system to supplement the Rapier missile system showed that a high velocity missile system was the best solution to the problem.
		Shorts won the competition and were awarded the £356 million further development and production contract in November 1986 and the missile was officially accepted into service in September 1997.
		When the missile is a safe distance from the operator the second stage fires, which rapidly accelerates the missile to burn out velocity of about Mach 3.5 400 m away from the operator.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Starstreak_missile (1070 words)

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		The system is produced by Shorts Missile Systems Ltd of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
		Shorts have been given a contract to oversee the competitive selection of a thermal imaging sighting system for the British Army SP HVM.
		During the second phase, the laser beam guidance system of Starstreak is being integrated with the Target Acquisition Sight (TADS) and fire control system of the Apache.
	homepage.eircom.net /~militaryx/newsite/website/airdefence/11.htm (644 words)

	GDR 99 - Missile Systems
		The system also allows for third-party data linking through the asynchronous data link allowing another aircraft such as the Eurofighter or an AWACS to pass target information to FMRAAM and update the missile in flight, guiding it to its target.
		This increases the kinetic capability of the missile, though not to the extent possible with the ramjet".
		Because the missile will be used on the Eurofighter when it initially enters service, little modification will be required to the aircraft or the avionics to use the new weapon.
	www.global-defence.com /1999/missiles/missile8.htm (932 words)

	Starstreak - CLOSE AIR DEFENCE MISSILES
		During the second $12.9 million phase of the evaluation the laser beam guidance system of Starstreak is being integrated with the Target Acquisition Sight (TADS) and the fire control system of the Apache helicopter.
		The system is fast in action in that it has no requirement for sensor cool down or similar pre-firing sequence which gives a significant time to fire advantage over missile systems fitted with infra-red seekers.
		To prepare the Launcher for action the tripod is erected, the traverse head is fitted, the missiles and the aiming unit are clipped into position and the operator acquires the target in the optical sight.
	www.defencejournal.com /jan99/starstreak.htm (807 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Contracts for April 4, 2000
		Textron Systems Corp., Wilmington, Mass., is being awarded a $74,177,639 fixed-price-incentive contract to provide for 300 CBU-105C/B sensor fused weapons and associated warranty and sustaining support for the BLU-108B Joint Standoff Weapon.
		Shorts Missile Systems, Ltd., Castlereagh, Belfast, Northern Ireland, (and major subcontractors Boeing Mesa, McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems, Mesa, Ariz., and Lockheed Martin Electronics and Missiles, Orlando, Fla.) is being awarded a $13,000,000 increment of a $23,999,989 modification to cost-plus-fixed-fee contract DAAJ02-97-C-0001, for Air-to-Air Starstreak (ATASK) Technical Demonstration Program (S4 Preparation).
		The objective of the program is to continue further system upgrades and performance validation testing to complete preparation for the Congressionally mandated side-by-side operational demonstration with the Stinger missile.
	www.defenselink.mil /contracts/2000/c04042000_ct164-00.html (621 words)

	Aviation Week's ShowNews: HARDWARE
		A fully mobile, armored, vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft missile system employing Shorts' Starstreak high-velocity short-range laser-guided missile is being launched for export today.
		Shorts Missile Systems, the guided weapons subsidiary of the Belfast company joined with Thomson-CSF of France, has delivered 135 such missiles to the British Army since October 1995, and the system gained its full in-service approval just a year ago.
		The Armoured Starstreak system is mounted aboard the tracked British Alvis Stormer AFV, carrying 20 missiles and a crew of three.
	www.aviationnow.com /shownews/day1/hardwr2.htm (298 words)

	21st Cavalry Brigade (Air Combat) - Fort Hood, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Missile guidance was provided by Starstreak's laser beam-riding system integrated with the Apache's TADS in co-operation with test program partner Lockheed Martin Electronics and Missiles.
		The tests, which were funded by the US Army, formed the second phase of a joint program to integrate and evaluate the Starstreak on the Apache.
		The first phase to test the safe separation of the missile from the helicopter was completed successfully in November 1996.
	www.hood.army.mil /21CAV/articles/starstreak.html (251 words)

	Army Technology - Starstreak - Close Air Defense Missile
		The system is produced by Thales Air Defence Ltd (TADL), formerly Shorts Missile Systems, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
		A new Air Defence Command and Control System, ADC4I, is to be developed for the UK Ministry of Defence Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) programme Phase I. The system will integrate Starstreak and the Rapier FSC air defence missile system to provide a network enabled capability.
		During the second phase, the laser beam guidance system of Starstreak was integrated with the Target Acquisition Sight (TADS) and fire control system of the Apache.
	www.army-technology.com /projects/starstreak/index.html (916 words)

	Globalgateway » Business - Electronics
		Andor Technology - Is at the forefront of developing and manufacturing spectroscopy systems.
		Our commitment to the marketplace has resulted in the creation of technically advanced and competitively priced systems that integrate the latest technologies with compact, easy-to-use design.
		Shorts Missile Systems - A joint venture company formed in 1993 and specialising in the design and manufacture of Very Short Range Air Defence Systems (VSHORADS).
	www.globalgateway.com /fetch-business.asp?category=167 (194 words)

	ireland.com - The Irish Times - BREAKING NEWS
		Thomson-CSF, which already owns half of Shorts Missile Systems, is taking over the remaining share at the end of January.
		Bombardier president Robert E Brown said: "We believe the transfer of Bombardier's 50 per cent share to Thomson-CSF is in the long terms interests of SMS and its employees.
		Its other flagship products are the very short range Starburst, the Aspic automatic firing post and the Samantha and Clara systems.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/breaking/1999/1223/br5.htm (246 words)

	Circulars take flexible route to earth: News from KEC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The KA 0648 system was developed in conjunction with a major connector manufacturer for a European missile programme and was based on technology developed by KEC for Shorts Missile Systems and used on the Starstreak missile.
		The system consists of a low profile metal body that houses the flexible PCB and fits over the rear of the connector allowing the contacts to be terminated.
		Although this product was designed for a specific task KEC Managing Director David Dyson, is sure that it will have a wider appeal: "We designed the KA 0648 as a special to solve a tricky screening problem in a demanding application where space was limited.
	www.electronicstalk.com /news/kec/kec110.html (330 words)

	Bofors, Shorts Team For UK LAW Weapon (Dec. 22) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bofors Carl Gustaf AB, part of the Celsius Group of Sweden, and Shorts Missile Systems Ltd (SMS) of Northern Ireland are delighted to announce a major partnering agreement for the supply of MBT LAW, in response to the British Army's requirement NLAW SR(L)4098.
		They have over one million systems fielded world wide and their MBT LAW system has been selected as one of the two contenders to satisfy the British Army's requirement.
		SMS, a joint venture between Short Brothers PLC of Northern Ireland, and Thomson CSF of France, are ideal UK partners for Bofors.
	www.defense-aerospace.com /produit/1314_us.html (230 words)

	Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Sir Reg Empey MLA, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, today welcomed the £200 million contract for high velocity missiles awarded by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence to Shorts Missile Systems Limited (SMS) in Belfast, the largest ever for the company’s Starstreak missiles.
		Speaking following a visit to the company’s state-of-the-art missile development and manufacturing headquarters at Castlereagh, Sir Reg said: "This is an immensely important contract for Shorts Missile Systems and also for the wider Northern Ireland economy.
		SMS, which employs around 550 people, is a joint venture between Shorts, a subsidiary of Bombardier Inc of Canada, and Thomson-CSF, the French defence electronics corporation.
	www.nics.gov.uk /press/eti/991209g-eti.htm (440 words)

	Thales UK - UK\'s second largest defence company, enjoys a rich legacy of innovative excellence - Armed Forces - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Together we reliably provide the systems at the heart of the UK's military capability as well as delivering solutions from flight simulation and secure transactions to integrated communications.
		Thales has the necessary programme management, systems engineering and integration skills to win major contracts as a Prime Contractor and to be a partner of choice.
		Airborne Systems: operating in the fields of Major Systems, Electronic Warfare and Radar systems, Missile Electronics and Customer Support and Services.
	www.armedforces.co.uk /companies/raq400d01d167144 (492 words)

	BBC News \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| French takeover at NI missile firm
		Northern Ireland missile maker, Shorts Missile Systems, has been taken over by the French firm which already owns half of the company.
		The Shorts missile division recently announced a £200m contract with the British Ministry of Defence to supply the army with more of its highly successful ground-to-air Starstreak missiles.
		Starstreak first entered service with the army in 1997 as a front line defence system against attack from aircraft and helicopters.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/576342.stm (338 words)

	Business Shorts
		On a combined basis, the deals will result in a $60 million pre-tax gain to Harris Bank, or $90USD million excluding the writeoff of the existing operating systems serving those businesses.
		The sales are subject to regulatory approval and should be complete in 45 days, the bank said.
		The sale of Bombardier’s 50 per cent shareholding in Shorts Missile Systems Ltd (SMS) to the French defence electronics corporation, Thomson-CSF, has been completed.
	www.unb.ca /web/bruns/9900/issue17/business/shorts.html (816 words)

	Thales Air Defence Limited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Thales Air Defence Limited (formerly Shorts Missile systems Limited) is a wholly owned subsidiary company of the Thales Group.
		We are a world leader in the design and development of state-of-the-art Close Air Defence missile systems.
		Many of the technologies developed for our current ranges of missile products are widely accepted to be amongst the most innovative in the Defence market today.Significant investment has been made in our facilities and equipment in support of current and future design and development programmes.
	careers.ulst.ac.uk /students/nigjf/thales_air_defence_limited.htm (115 words)

	Thales - Winning Careers - About us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Our business has been growing substantially for the past five years and our Aerospace Division is at the forefront of this success story – currently employing some 12,900 people in eight countries.
		We operate in the fields of ISTAR, electronic warfare, radar, helicopter systems, military avionics and mission systems.
		We also, however, have a significant presence in the commercial avionics market and have become a leading player in in-flight entertainment.
	www.winningcareers.co.uk (154 words)

	Press Release Archive - Quantum3D Systems Selected By ECC for Army Firearms Training Simulations
		The EST 2000 project ported the commercially available S1 multi-arms trainer (S1-MAT) developed by Shorts Missile Systems LTD, to a Microsoft® Windows®-based environment hosted on the Heavy Metal BX system.
		Heavy Metal is an open architecture, scalable system that enables single or multi-channel configurations, and combines the most advanced industry-standard components with Quantum3D's value-added and patent-pending realtime 3D graphics technologies.
		Quantum3D, San Jose, California, develops and markets integrated interactive 3D visual computing systems, realtime 3D graphics subsystems, and related system software, that combine to deliver sustained realtime frame rates, superior graphics quality, and value.
	www.quantum3d.com /press/HTMLarchive/12_1_99_ecc.htm (879 words)

	BBC News \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| Aerospace company wins MoD order
		The new contract announcement also came after recent industrial action at Shorts was halted by trade unions after they agreed to put a new pay offer to workers ballot.
		The dispute was resolved when Shorts management put forward an increased four year pay offer and the unions agreed to put it to members.
		The order, for 104 planes with options for another 400 aircraft, placed by two subsidiaries of Delta Airlines, was for the Canadair Regional jet, sections of which are built at the plant in east Belfast.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/916243.stm (353 words)

	The IET Northern Ireland Branch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		After a superb dinner with excellent wine followed by the ubiquitous “Toast to the Institution”, Alan Watts the IEENI Branch Chairman delivered an uncharacteristically short and witty speech.
		Raffle prizes were then dished out all sponsored by Shorts Missile Systems except one sponsored by Yelo.
		Again the prizes were sponsored by Shorts Missile Systems.
	www.ieeni.com /press/ball.php (461 words)

	Ian Pearson
		He spent four years in Shorts Missile Systems, in many different disciplines from mechanical engineering to battlefield strategy simulation.
		He joined BT Laboratories in 1985 as a performance analyst, and has since worked in network design and evolution, cybernetics, and mobile systems.
		He now concentrates on mapping the progress of new developments throughout information technology, considering both technological and social implications.
	www.btinternet.com /~ian.pearson/data.htm (174 words)

	000908b-eti DEFENCE ORDER FOR SHORTS MISSILE SYSTEMS FURTHER BOOST FOR KNOWLEDGE-BASE - ENTERPRISE MINISTER Department ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Sir Reg Empey MLA today welcomed the Ministry of Defence £60 million order for the Starstreak missile system.
		Sir Reg said: "This is a further endorsement of the world beating expertise in very sophisticated software and electronics which Shorts Missile Systems (SMS) has developed.
		Software and electronics are dynamic and high growth sectors which are helping to drive the economy forward.
	www.nics.gov.uk /press/eti/000908b-eti.htm (210 words)

	Thales UK - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Thales UK provides systems at the heart of the UK's military capability as well as delivering service and security solutions for both defence and civil applications from flight simulation and training provision to secure transactions and integrated communications.
		Thales UK has been awarded a Â£60 million-plus contract by AgustaWestland to install cutting-edge avionics systems in 70 Future Lynx helicopters destined for the Ministry of Defence (MoD)...
		Thales UK will adopt a grid-based computing system, which will help consolidate its IT systems and provide yet more efficient and secure defence designs...
	www.thalesgroup.co.uk (257 words)

	Thales - Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In 1990, Reynald joined Thales’ Sonar and Anti-Submarine division, of which he went on to assume the role of General Manager, from 1996 to 1999.
		He then moved on to join the Air Defence Business Group as Weapon Systems Director for France (Airsys) and Great Britain (Shorts Missile Systems).
		In September 2000, he was appointed Senior Executive Vice President of the Air Defence Business Group, which comprises missile technology, weapon systems, radar and air defence activities.
	www.thalesgroup.com /press/press_releases/1_6021_236_8601.html (231 words)

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	Army Technology - Starstreak Close Air Defense Missile - Specifications
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	www.army-technology.com /projects/starstreak/specs.html (52 words)

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