Boeing Executive Receives Multinational Award.Business Editors & Aerospace Writers SEAL BEACH Seal Beach, city (1990 pop. 25,098), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; inc. 1915. It is a beach city with an active art colony. Transportation equipment and concrete are among the city's manufactures. U.S. naval stations are nearby. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2002 James W. Evatt, executive vice president and general manager, Boeing (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BA) Missile Defense Systems was presented the David R. Israel Award for Meritorious Achievement yesterday at the Multinational Ballistic Missile Defense Missile defence is an air defence system, weapon program, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defence against nuclear-armed ICBMs, its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged Conference and Exhibition in Dallas. Evatt was honored with Maj. Gen. Willie B. Nance, Missile Defense Agency, for their innovative leadership in setting new quality standards that led to system flight test successes in support of anti-ballistic missile technology development. The award cites their exemplary leadership and management excellence of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) is a component of the national missile defense strategy of the United States administered by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. Previously known as National Missile Defense (NMD), the name was changed in 2002 to differentiate it from other missile program. Evatt and Nance were credited with successfully integrating and refocusing a multi-contractor management team to accomplish one of the most challenging systems integration efforts ever attempted. Under their leadership, the government/industry team accomplished three consecutive successful intercept flight tests against increasingly complex targets. According to the award certificate, their joint leadership moved the United States closer to implementing an effective defense against a limited strike of long-range missiles, and stands as a demonstration of the success that can be achieved when government and industry work together. The International Program Committee, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the professional society for the field of aerospace engineering. The AIAA was founded in 1963 from the merger of four earlier societies: the American Rocket Society (ARS), founded in 1930 as the and the United States Missile Defense Agency presents the David R. Israel Award annually to people who have contributed to advancing missile defense concepts, programs and technology. It is named for the late David Israel, who was the chief engineer for the Strategic Defense Initiative Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), U.S. government program responsible for research and development of a space-based system to defend the nation from attack by strategic ballistic missiles (see guided missile). Office, forerunner of MDA (1) (Monochrome Display Adapter) The first IBM PC monochrome video display standard for text. Due to its lack of graphics, MDA cards were often replaced with Hercules cards, which provided both text and graphics. See PC display modes and Hercules Graphics. . Members of the International Program Committee are the United States, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Boeing Space and Communications, with headquarters in Seal Beach, is the world's largest space and communications company. A unit of The Boeing Co., S&C provides integrated solutions in launch services, human space flight and exploration, missile defense and information and communications. It is NASA's largest contractor; a leading provider of space-based communications; the primary systems integrator for U.S. missile defense; and a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance may refer to:
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