Orbital ATK Successfully Launches Patriot Target Vehicle for Missile Defense Test
December 14 2015 - 11:15AM
Business Wire
Company’s Fourth PTV Target Launched for
U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center
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 missile defense system.
The PTV was launched on December 10, 2015 from Fort Wingate into
the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico. It flew a
southerly trajectory over WSMR and was intercepted by the Patriot
Advance Capability-3(PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE)
interceptor system during reentry.
“We are very pleased to support the Air Force and Army with a
fourth successful target launch, which flew its planned sequence
precisely as expected culminating in a positive intercept
indication,” said Rich Straka, Vice President and General Manager
for 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.”
Orbital ATK has been supporting the U.S. Air Force with
ballistic target systems for more than 20 years. The development of
the first PTV target vehicle took just over two-and-a-half years
and relied heavily on flight-proven designs from other Orbital ATK
launch vehicles, such as the Medium Range Target, Storm target and
Pegasus® space launch vehicle.
Orbital ATK is one of the country’s most experienced developers
and operators of missile defense-related launch vehicles. The
company supports virtually all of the country’s major missile
defense programs with highly reliable and cost-effective target
vehicles.
Orbital ATK produces its missile defense interceptors and
related target vehicles primarily at the company’s engineering and
manufacturing facility in Chandler, Arizona and its vehicle
assembly and integration facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base,
California and Huntsville, Alabama.
In addition to the Patriot program, Orbital ATK’s target
vehicles support test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense,
Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense system
(GMD) and THAAD systems. Orbital ATK also produces the Coyote
ramjet-powered supersonic naval target vehicle used to test ship
self-defense systems for the U.S. Navy.
About Orbital ATK
Orbital ATK is a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies. The company designs, builds and delivers space,
defense and aviation systems for customers around the world, both
as a prime contractor and merchant supplier. Its main products
include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile
products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons,
armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space
components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.
Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, Orbital ATK employs
approximately 12,000 people in 18 states across the U.S. and in
several international locations. For more information, visit
www.orbitalatk.com.
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