Global News Wire:
SACRAMENTO – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), announced today that in collaboration with The Boeing Company and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, its Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS) Center Manifold for the Missile Defense Agency’s Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) successfully completed hot fire altitude testing.
The RKV program is an integral part of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the Missile Defense Agency’s Ballistic Missile Defense System.
The Center Manifold was tested at the White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico, at a simulated altitude outside the Earth’s atmosphere. The success of this test validated Aerojet Rocketdyne’s unique technology, and marked a major milestone for the RKV DACS leading up to the Critical Design Review for the RKV development program.
