Kei programme moves forward.
Northrop Grumman recently demonstrated two key battle management
capabilities of the US Air Force's new Kinetic Energy Interceptors
(Kei) missile-defence programme. The first test demonstrated the ability
of the Kei command and control, battle management and communications
(C2BMC) system's permanent US site to process data from classified
sensors, downgrade the data and distribute it to a Kei battery in the
field. The Kei's C2BMC system will reside in Colorado and will be
known as the Continental US Kei. Northrop Grumman also tested the mobile
C2BMC system, which is housed in a 42-foot trailer, and tracked a live
launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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