NGC, KEI Team Successfully Test 1st Stage Rocket Motor Components
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(Promontory, Utah, November 14, 2008) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) yesterday conducted a successful static fire test of the Kinetic Energy Interceptors (KEI) first stage rocket motor that verified performance of key components in their flight configuration.
The test was the fourth of five planned static fire tests of the first stage motor by the Northrop Grumman-led KEI industry team. Conducted at teammate Alliant Techsystems (NYSE:ATK) facility in Promontory, Utah, the test also represented the first of two planned flight configuration tests, which focused on the performance of the onboard thrust vector control (TVC) subcomponents, and the motor's thrust and ballistics outputs. Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) oversaw the test as the team's lead for interceptor development.
"We are very confident from the results of this test that our first stage will perform as designed when we get to the actual test flight next year," said Anthony Spehar, vice president and KEI program manager for Northrop Grumman's Space Technology sector. "We will maintain our focus on mission assurance and safety as we advance to the next static fire of the first stage motor, which will be a test of the full flight configuration motor."
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