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Aerojet Awarded Contract To Develop New Technologies For Future ICBM Systems
Sacramento CA (SPX) Jun 19, 2006 Aerojet announced Wednesday it has received a 19 million dollar contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop new upper stage solid rocket motor technologies for application on future strategic strike systems. The contract is the second recently awarded to Aerojet in this technology area. In the four-month phase 1 program, Aerojet will conduct analyses to evaluate solid rocket motor technologies, balancing cost and performance. During the second phase, the company will demonstrate advanced manufacturing processes by fabricating and testing a full-scale solid rocket upper stage motor. The program builds on Aerojet's 50-year heritage supporting Minuteman, Peacekeeper and Small ICBM missile systems for the U.S. Air Force. Aerojet will draw on its recent program experience in materials and manufacturing process technology to produce an affordable, sustainable next generation missile propulsion system. "The technologies Aerojet develops under this contract can improve the sustainability of current systems, as well as enhance the capability for our nation's future strategic systems," said Aerojet President Scott Neish. Engineering and fabrication of the solid rocket motors will be performed at Aerojet's Sacramento facility. The motors will be tested in an altitude chamber at the Engineering Development Center at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. Aerojet is an aerospace and defense company principally serving the missile and space propulsion, and armaments markets. GenCorp is a leading technology-based manufacturer of aerospace and defense products and systems with a real estate business segment that includes activities related to the entitlement, sale and leasing of the Company's real estate assets. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Aerojet Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com
New American Non-Nuclear ICBM Creates Global Dangers
Moscow (UPI) Jun 16, 2006On May 22, The Washington Post carried an article "A Missile Strike Option We Need" by two former U.S. Secretaries of Defense - Harold Brown, 1977-1981. and James Schlesinger, 1973-1975. Brown and Schlesinger suggested installing non-nuclear warheads on U.S. strategic missiles, first of all, Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles, or SLBMs, which have multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles, or MIRVs. |
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