Navy Suspends Alliant Techsystems Missile Tests After Failures
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The U.S. Navy halted tests of an Alliant Techsystems Inc. anti-radar missile following 6 software or circuit-card failures in the first 12 trials.
It’s “a rare occurrence” to stop combat testing so soon, the Pentagon’s office of operational testing said in an e-mail provided by Cheryl Irwin, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Defense Department. The office said it doesn’t know how long it will take the Navy and Alliant Techsystems to evaluate fixes and resume testing.