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Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting (REACT)

REACT, jointly managed by SMC-Det 10 and ESC, is a class V modification to Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Launch Control Centers (ICBM LCCs) to improve emergency war order supportability. The $650 million program upgraded LCCs with state-of-the-art electronic systems. REACT will speed up missile retargeting, taking only a few minutes to perform tasks that the previous Command Data Buffer System required thirty or forty minutes to perform. REACT consists of two major components�the weapon system control element and the higher authority communications/rapid message processing element. The WSCE controls all weapon system related functions. The HAC/RMPE integrates all higher authority communications, and passes instructions to the "WSCE side" for processing.

SMC-Det 10 provides the weapon system control element while ESC provides integration of Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS), AFSATCOM, Survivable Low Frequency Communication System (SLFCS) and ICBM Super-high Frequency Satellite Terminal (ISST) communications and enhanced processing of emergency action messages to meet AFSPACECOM and USSTRATCOM's warfighting needs.

Specifications

Prime Contractor: GTE Government Systems Corp.
Acquisition Phase: Developmental, Production, Deployment
Point of Contact: Maj McGee (617) 271-8137

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