MDA

Brigadier General Heidi V. Brown Promoted to Rank of Army Major General

Army Brig. Gen. Heidi V. Brown was promoted to the rank of Major General during a ceremony Jan. 13, 2012 at Redstone Arsenal, Ala.

MDA Exceeds Combined Federal Campaign Goal

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has exceeded its 2011 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) goal by 20 percent. Employees throughout the Agency contributed $553,762 to the CFC campaign, which resulted in an $80,000 increase over the MDA’s 2010 contributions.

Ribbon Cutting Marks Grand Opening of Von Braun III Facility

Army Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O’Reilly, Missile Defense Agency director, officiated at a ribbon cutting ceremony today marking the grand opening of the Von Braun III facility on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. The 839,873 square foot facility has office space to accommodate 2,649 positions and is the largest single building on Redstone Arsenal.

THAAD Initial Operational Test and Evaluation Conducted

The BMDS Operational Test Agency (OTA) conducted, with support of the Missile Defense Agency, an operational test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) on Oct. 5, 2011, 1:56 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii. Soldiers from Alpha Battery, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, under the operational control of the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command operated the THAAD system.

Ground Test Demonstrates Phased Adaptive Approach