We'll take you to Kauai to see where the Defense Department is testing the Ballistic Missile Defense Program, formerly known as SDI or STAR WARS. We'll visit one of the world's most powerful supercomputer centers on the island of Maui, and we'll go to the big island to find out why some high tech workers have given up on the mainland, and are now telecommuting from Hawaii. [Episode #1822, First broadcast: 2/13/2001] Pacific Missile Range Facility The Pacific Missile Range Facility, (PMRF), is the world's largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air, and space operations. A thousand square miles of instrumented underwater range and over 42,000 square miles of controlled airspace make PMRF a premier facility for supporting operations which vary from small, single-unit exercises up to large, multiple-unit battle group scenarios. The mission of the Pacific Missile Range Facility is to provide major range services to facilitate training, tactics development, and evaluation for air, surface, and subsurface weapon systems for PACFLT, other DoD agencies, and foreign military forces; and to maintain and operate facilities and provide services and materials to support operations of aviation activities and units of the operating force of the Navy, and other activities and units designated by the Chief of Naval Operations. Textron Systems Textron Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Textron, Inc., is a leading supplier of advanced systems, components, and materials for use in aerospace, defense, telecommunications, and industrial applications, as well as land vehicles and water craft for both military and commercial markets. Headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA, the company maintains United States facilities in Massachusetts, Ohio, Louisiana, California and Hawaii as well as facilities in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1955, Textron Systems is dedicated to the research, design, development and production