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Thu, Nov 13, 2003

Point Mugu To Be Recognized As Historic Aerospace Site

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has named Point Mugu Missile Center as a Historic Aerospace site. A dedication ceremony will be held Friday, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. to highlight more than 55 years of significant contributions by the people of Point Mugu in Navy missiles, weapons systems and platform research, development, test and evaluation.

Of historical significance--In 1947, the first missile launched from the USS Cusk took place, this was followed by the first guided missile to destroy an airborne target in 1950 then post World War II missiles among them the Sparrow, Regulus, Phoenix, Bullpup, Polaris, Trident, Harpoon, Tomahawk, Standoff Land-Attack Missile (SLAM), Standard and Rolling Airframe Missiles.

AIAA founded the historic Aerospace site program for the preservation and promotion of sites of significant accomplishments made by the aerospace profession both to industry and to the general public. Sites are chosen through a nomination process.

Throughout the years, the name has changed, but the quality of the testing has remained constant. The history of the rich technical and operation testing benefits are an integral part of our Nation’s security.

In recent years, electronic warfare projects have grown in number and importance with a critical requirement to test weapons against realistic threats and in electronmagnetic environments.

FMI: www.aiaa.org, www.nawcwd.navy.mil, www.nbvc.navy.mil

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