Business Wire:
DULLES, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Orbital ATK (NYSE:OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, successfully launched a PATRIOT Target Vehicle (PTV) for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). Orbital ATK’s PTV served as an intercept target for the U.S. Army Lower Tier Project Office (LTPO) PATRIOT air and missile defense system.
The PTV launched on September 17, 2017 from Wake Island into Reagan Test Site (RTS) Kwajalein Island. The target flew a southerly course over the western Pacific Ocean. The target and re-entry vehicle were designed, built and tested by Orbital ATK.
“We are very pleased to support the Air Force and Army with a fifth successful target launch—it flew its planned sequence precisely as expected,” said Rich Straka, Vice President and General Manager of Orbital ATK’s Launch Vehicles Division. “We look forward to future tests with the PTV to continue supporting the readiness of the nation’s PATRIOT system.”