Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers THAAD’s 800th Boost Motor and Divert and Attitude Control System
August 10 2022 - 1:49PM
Aerojet Rocketdyne has delivered the 800th Solid Rocket Boost Motor
and the 800th Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS) for the
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system, one of
the nation’s primary defenses against short, medium and
intermediate-range missiles.
“Aerojet Rocketdyne is committed to meeting the nation’s
critical defense needs to protect what we value most,” said Eileen
P. Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and president. “The on-time
delivery of the 800th THAAD boost motor and DACS guidance system is
a testament to our team’s focus on the mission, commitment to high
quality and dedication to customer needs.”
A land-based element of the Missile Defense Agency’s Missile
Defense system, built by prime contractor Lockheed Martin, THAAD
shields deployed U.S. and allied forces and critical infrastructure
from missile attacks. The system has a 100% success rate in
intercept tests – 16 intercepts in 16 tests – since production
began.
The THAAD solid rocket boost motor is manufactured at Aerojet
Rocketdyne’s Defense Headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama and at the
company’s Solid Rocket Motor Center of Excellence in Camden,
Arkansas. The DACS, a highly-responsive thruster system that keeps
THAAD’s kinetic kill vehicle on target during the latter stages of
an intercept, is manufactured in the company’s Los Angeles,
California facility.
About Aerojet Rocketdyne: Aerojet Rocketdyne, a
subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), is a
world-recognized aerospace and defense leader that provides
propulsion systems and energetics to the space, missile defense and
strategic systems, and tactical systems areas, in support of
domestic and international customers. For more information, visit
www.Rocket.com and www.AerojetRocketdyne.com. Follow Aerojet
Rocketdyne and CEO Eileen Drake on Twitter at @AerojetRdyne and
@DrakeEileen.
Media Contacts:Jessica Carlton, Aerojet
Rocketdyne, 256-690-9626jessica.carlton@rocket.comEileen Lainez,
Aerojet Rocketdyne, 571-239-7839eileen.lainez@rocket.com
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