The Navy awarded Corvid Technologies LLC a $223 million contract on March 4 to deliver sub-orbital flight vehicles over a five-year ordering period, which covers missile defense test targets.
This contract covers delivery of hardware, equipment, and components to manufacture and integrate short and medium-range sub-orbital flight vehicles to support the Navy, other government agencies, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) testing.
These will be exo-atmospheric rocket-based vehicles configured to deliver payloads and test articles “into a flight regime of interest for systems under test,” the announcement said.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] said on Wednesday it is teaming up with Corvid on the award and the work includes missile defense test targets.
Kratos explained the team will provide vehicle design, engineering, manufacturing, integration, and launch support service for sub-orbital flight vehicles used as ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) test targets. The vehicles will also be used to develop and test prototype weapon systems.
