Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Hot Fires Large Solid Rocket Motor to Power Missile Defense Agency’s Next Generation MRBM Target
19 Giugno 2023 - 6:00PM
Aerojet Rocketdyne has successfully completed the qualification
static fire test of the eSR-19, the advanced large solid rocket
motor that will power the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) next
generation Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) target used to
test our nation’s missile defense systems.
“I applaud the dedicated efforts by teams across Aerojet
Rocketdyne to meet this important milestone,” said Eileen P. Drake,
Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and president. “Our steadfast workforce and
advanced solid rocket motor propulsion remain crucial to helping
protect our nation and our allies.”
The successful qualification test, conducted by Air Force
Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Aerojet Rocketdyne personnel at
AFRL’s test facility at Edwards Air Force Base, California, paves
the way for delivery of flight test motors later this year.
The eSR-19 is a redesigned version of the SR-19 that currently
serves as the second stage of the nation’s Minuteman III strategic
missiles. Featuring a lighter, filament-wound composite case and
other performance-enhancing improvements, the eSR-19 will provide
the propulsion for both stages of MDA’s air-launched, medium-range
target vehicle, developed by Aerojet Rocketdyne subsidiary Coleman
Aerospace.
The motor was designed and fabricated in Aerojet Rocketdyne
facilities in Huntsville, Alabama, and cast and cured in Camden,
Arkansas. The eSR-19 motors are later integrated into the target
systems by the Coleman Aerospace team in Orlando, Florida.
This recent qualification test was the latest achievement in the
evolution of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s legacy Large Solid Rocket Motor
(LSRM) capabilities, which have included investments in a talented
workforce and new modern LSRM facilities.
About Aerojet Rocketdyne: Aerojet Rocketdyne, a
subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), is a
world-recognized aerospace and defense leader that provides
propulsion systems and energetics to the space, missile defense and
strategic systems, and tactical systems areas, in support of
domestic and international customers. For more information, visit
www.Rocket.com and www.AerojetRocketdyne.com. Follow Aerojet
Rocketdyne and CEO Eileen Drake on Twitter at @AerojetRdyne and
@DrakeEileen.
Media Contact:Eileen Lainez, Aerojet
Rocketdyne, 571-239-7839eileen.lainez@rocket.com
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