SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp company, announced today that its Exo-atmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS) was essential to the Missile Defense Agency's latest successful Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system flight-intercept test. The critical GMD system is designed to protect the United States against a limited long-range ballistic missile attack.
During the Dec. 5 test, an interceptor carrying the Raytheon-built EKV was launched from the Ronald W. Reagan Missile Defense Site located at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. following the launch of a representative target missile from Kodiak, Alaska. The DACS maneuvered the EKV for a direct hit and intercepted the target.
"This highly successful test of the GMD system once again demonstrates Aerojet's commitment to mission assurance and its contribution to the critical task of protection of the United States," said Aerojet President Scott Neish. "The indications are that the DACS performed as expected, continuing to prove the maturity of our kill vehicle DACS technology," said Warren Yasuhara, Aerojet program manager.
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/.
