Orbital ATK Successfully Tests Largest Rocket Motor of Its Class at Temperature Extremes for Tactical Missiles
27 Abril 2018 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Milestone Marks Readiness for Future Booster
Qualification of High Performance
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies, announced today the successful completion of three
consecutive ground-based static firings of a tactical, air-launched
high performance propellant rocket motor – the first-ever and one
of the largest of its class to be designed, built and static tested
at hot and cold extreme conditions. With this test, Orbital ATK has
successfully demonstrated materials and technologies applicable to
future air-launched, high speed weapon systems.
“Using Orbital ATK’s expertise in air-launched propulsion
development and production, we were first to succeed at testing a
motor of this size in three simulated air-launch environments,
confirming our readiness to move forward to the next stages of
booster qualification,” said Pat Nolan, Vice President and General
Manager of Missile Products in Orbital ATK’s Defense Systems Group.
“These are great strides towards improving our high speed weapon
systems which are critical to enhancing our warfighter’s safety, as
well as their capabilities for greater standoff and quicker time to
target.”
Emerging requirements for high-speed air-launched weapons are
driving the need for larger, high performance tactical class
boosters. The rocket motor tested contains high performance
propellant in a large, lightweight composite case. Orbital ATK’s
composite case greatly reduces the inert weight ratio over a
conventional metal casing and also incorporates integral launcher
attachment and payload interface features designed to withstand
captive carry and flight environments.
Under a contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Lab, the tests
were all accomplished over a three-week period at the company’s
tactical propulsion center of excellence at the Allegany Ballistics
Laboratory in Rocket Center, West Virginia, validating motor
performance at both the hot and cold temperature extremes required
by air-launch tactical missiles and boosters.
Orbital ATK’s Defense Systems Group is an industry leader in
providing innovative and affordable precision and strike weapons,
advanced propulsion and hypersonics, missile components across
air-, sea- and land-based systems, ammunition and related energetic
products.
About Orbital ATK
Orbital ATK is a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies. The company designs, builds and delivers space,
defense and aviation systems for customers around the world, both
as a prime contractor and merchant supplier. Its main products
include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile
products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons,
armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space
components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.
Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, Orbital ATK employs
approximately 14,000 people across the U.S. and in several
international locations. For more information, visit
www.orbitalatk.com.
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