SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a
GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, has been awarded a contract for the Kill
Vehicle (KV) Commonality Pathfinder Divert and Attitude Control System
(DACS) from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
The Aerojet propulsion system is designed to control the KV by firing
individual thrusters to control the KV while homing for an intercept with a
ballistic missile or its warhead. Under this contract, Aerojet will design,
build and integrate a test KV DACS in order to increase government
understanding of contractor DACS development capabilities and component
technical maturity.
The DACS system and component technical maturity will be demonstrated
in a future static hot-fire test and subsequent integration into a KV
configuration and simulated flight test in support of the Multiple Kill
Vehicle program. "Aerojet is proud to offer more than 20 years of hardware
development, qualification and production under MDA programs," said
Aerojet's Manager of Programs, Warren Yasuhara. "Our experience results in
high mission assurance and a low-cost approach for future applications."
Aerojet is a world-recognized aerospace and defense leader principally
serving the missile and space propulsion, defense and armaments markets.
GenCorp is a leading technology-based manufacturer of aerospace and defense
products and systems with a real estate segment that includes activities
related to the entitlement, sale, and leasing of the company's excess real
estate assets. Additional information about Aerojet and GenCorp can be
obtained by visiting the companies' Web sites at http://www.Aerojet.com and
http://www.GenCorp.com.
SOURCE Aerojet
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Related links:
http://www.aerojet.com
http://www.GenCorp.com
CONTACT:
Glenn Mahone, +1-202-302-9941,
Glenn.Mahone@Aerojet.com, or Kristin Conner, +1-916-355-2143,
Kristin.Conner@Aerojet.com, both of Aerojet
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