Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers 1,000th THAAD Solid Rocket Boost Motor and Divert and Attitude Control System Ahead of Schedule
June 13 2024 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) company,
recently completed its 1,000th delivery of both the solid rocket
boost motor and Liquid Divert and Attitude Control System (LDACS)
for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Terminal High Altitude Area
Defense (THAAD) system. The ahead-of-schedule delivery to Lockheed
Martin demonstrates Aerojet Rocketdyne’s long-standing ability to
provide trusted propulsion and precision systems for one of the
nation’s primary defensive weapons against short, medium and
intermediate-range missiles.
“The Aerojet Rocketdyne-powered THAAD serves a critical need for
the military, safeguarding our nation, allies and infrastructure
from would-be missile attacks from those who wish to do us harm,”
said Ross Niebergall, President, Aerojet Rocketdyne, L3Harris. “Our
focus remains on continued performance excellence to provide
reliable propulsion our customers can count on.”
The THAAD weapon system is a land-based component of MDA’s
Missile Defense System. Since production began, the combat-proven
system has had a 100% success rate in missile defense tests — 16
intercepts in 16 tests. THAAD is the only U.S. system designed to
intercept targets outside and inside the atmosphere.
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Advanced Manufacturing Facility in
Huntsville, Alabama, and its site in Camden, Arkansas, produce
THAAD’s solid rocket boost motor. LDACS, the highly responsive
thruster system, which keeps THAAD on target during the last stages
of an intercept, is produced at the company’s facility in Los
Angeles, California.
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Jessica Carlton Aerojet Rocketdyne
Jessica.Carlton@L3Harris.com 256-513-2220
Sara Banda L3Harris Corporate Media@L3Harris.com
321-306-8927
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