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- A number of people like to mention U.S. military code-names such as "Aurora"
- to their friends. In order to give people snappy code-names to mention at
- cocktail parties and Groom Lake camp-outs, I will provide the following
- list of recent classified U.S. military programs, along with their Program
- Element identification numbers, and a description, if I know what the program
- is: (there are numerous other classified programs hidden behind phrases such as
- "Special Evaluation Program", but they just don't have the same appeal to the
- ears as a snappy code-name... Following military custom, I will use all
- uppercase letters for the code-names)
-
-
- U.S. Air Force
- ______________
-
- PE number Code-name and description
- _________ _________________________
- 0207137F CONSTANT HELP (listed as a tactical "other support" program)
-
- 0207424F COPPER COAST (may be related to hypersonic aircraft studies
- the Air Force conducted under the COPPER CANYON program a few years back.
- COPPER COAST now appears in the tactical budget documents as "evaluation and
- analysis program")
-
- 0207587F PACER COIN (Air Force C-130 transport aircraft carrying
- surveillance equipment. Also known as "specialized reconnaissance systems")
-
- 0207591F OMEGA (tactical program. OMEGA is now listed as "advanced program
- evaluation" in budget documents)
-
- 0208040F Project ELEGANT LADY (tactical program -- does not appear in
- the Air Force budget, because it is funded directly by the Office of the
- Secretary of Defense)
-
- 0208042F HAVE FLAG (tactical missile, now going into regular production)
-
- 0301317F SENIOR YEAR operations (current U-2 flights)
-
- 0301324F FOREST GREEN (Air Force intelligence collection operation,
- possibly SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) for the National Security Agency)
-
- 0305142F CENTENNIAL (Air Force intelligence program, possibly a new
- surveillance satellite. CENTENNIAL now appears in budget documents as
- "applied technology and integration")
-
- 0401316F SENIOR CITIZEN (advanced transport aircraft -- tactical airlift)
-
- 0603105F OLYMPIC (strategic program)
-
- 0603111F MERIDIAN (strategic program)
-
-
-
- U.S. Army
- _________
-
- PE number Code-name and description
- _________ _________________________
- 0203806A TRACTOR RIG (appears to be an advanced tactical missile
- technology)
-
- 0203806A TRACTOR CARD (appears to be an advanced tactical missile
- technology)
-
- 0602104A,0603020A TRACTOR ROSE
-
- 0602122A TRACTOR HIP
-
- 0602788A TRACTOR FLOP (strategic program)
-
- 0603009A TRACTOR HIKE (strategic program)
-
- 0603012A TRACTOR HOLE (strategic program)
-
- 0603013A TRACTOR DIRT (strategic program)
-
- 0603017A TRACTOR RED (strategic program)
-
- 0603018A TRACTOR TREAD (new tactical program)
-
- 0603019A TRACTOR DUMP (new tactical program)
-
- 0603322A TRACTOR CAGE (strategic program)
-
- 0604768A TRACTOR BAT (tactical program)
-
-
-
- U.S. Navy
- _________
-
- PE number Code-name and description
- _________ _________________________
- 0301326N PRAIRIE SCHOONER (Naval Intelligence collection operation,
- possibly SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) for the National Security Agency)
-
- 0603525N PILOT FISH (tactical program)
-
- 0603536N RETRACT JUNIPER (tactical program)
-
- 0603576N CHALK EAGLE (tactical program)
-
- 0603734N CHALK CORAL (tactical program)
-
- 0603746N RETRACT MAPLE (tactical program)
-
- 0603748N LINK PLUMERIA (tactical program)
-
-
-
- Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
- ________________________________________
-
- PE number Code-name and description
- _________ _________________________
- 0605113D TAPESTRY
-
- 0605805D THIRST WATCHER
-
-
-
- Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
- ________________________________________
-
- PE number Code-name and description
- _________ _________________________
- 0605114E BLACK LIGHT
-
-
-
- Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
- _________________________________________
-
- PE number Code-name and description
- _________ _________________________
- 0603734K ISLAND SUN
-
-
-
- Notes:
- - all of the "leaks" above were extracted from unclassified military documents.
- - 060xyyyz class programs are RDT&E (Research, Development, Test & Evaluation)
- efforts. The fourth digit indicates the stage of completion of the program.
- 0601yyyz = Research
- 0602yyyz = Exploratory development
- 0603yyyz = Advanced development / demonstration / validation of concept
- 0604yyyz = Engineering development
- 0605yyyz = Management and support
-
-
- Paul McGinnis / TRADER@cup.portal.com
- http://www.portal.com/~trader/secrecy.html
-
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-
- Anonymous FTP access to files dealing with excessive military secrecy
- is available from Internet host ftp.shell.portal.com (IP address
- 156.151.3.4) in the /pub/trader directory. Read the 00readme files for
- descriptions of the files.
-