[Satellite Today 03-16-09] Boeing and the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command/Army  Forces Strategic Command have launched a joint research and development effort to coordinate and fuse multiple types of sensor data in a secure environment for integrated air and missile defense and space situational awareness concept exploration, Boeing announced March 12.
Boeing, which signed a research agreement with the U.S. military in February,  said it has met military officials to exchange preliminary technical information. 
“This agreement effectively allows the [Army’s] data fusion distribution center to exercise and examine Boeing’s multilevel security modeling and simulation capabilities using actual government data. Through this joint effort, our teams will develop a collaborative, net-centric, open-source environment to support the analyses of a multitude of space and [air and missile defense] issues," Michael Schexnayder, deputy to the commander for research, development and acquisition at the Space and Missile Defense Command/Army  Forces Strategic Command, said in a statement.