Lockheed-Martin stated that they fully expect to deliver a qualified product to operational test and evaluation as scheduled.

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Applicants for experimental permits will need to provide a description of their program, a flight test plan, documentation showing the operational safety of the spacecraft and a plan for response in case of a mishap.

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The first two, KOERI in Turkey and the Atomic Energy Centre in France, should be operational some time in 2012 when a more exhaustive test will be conducted.

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It will take about three months for Nasa engineers to test the platform and get it ready for use at its operational altitude of 705km.

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Iranian officials said the next test will use enriched uranium, but it's not clear when the test will be held or when the facility will be fully operational.

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Friedman said one review his office conducted last year turned up backlogs in flight and laboratory test schedules for five of nine nuclear missile warheads and bombs in the operational stockpile.

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For the JAGM contract, Lockheed provides a 27-month technology development program that includes design, test and demonstration of joint air-to-ground missile system that significantly enhances warfighters operational flexibility and combat effectiveness.

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Three features make this test particularly significant: For the first time, the hardware and software utilized was the operational configuration (known as AEGIS BMD 3.0) that will be installed in all other AEGIS missile defense ships.

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In the Trafalgar test mission, mission planning and targeting data was provided via satellite communications from the Royal Navy's operational headquarters at Northwood, north west London.

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