However, funding for full-scale development was not then available, and the Army vacillated on its design requirements.
But exploration - stopping short of full-scale development - is a serious environmental threat.
Secure64 was founded in 2002 and began full-scale development in 2005.
If the idea is approved and the developer receives funding, a full-scale development begins.
These companies, and the sub-contractors on their team, will now proceed with full-scale development.
This helps determine the system's strengths and weaknesses before dollars are poured into full-scale development.
But some insist that the park was never "saved" and had been only for temporary use until full-scale development could proceed.
The Army planned to begin full-scale development of the system in early 1992, with production in 1997.
While the initial studies date back to 2001, full-scale development was released only in February 2003.
Mr. Reagan called for full-scale development of the satellites in 1990.