探花视频 is further diversifying its capabilities in the undersea and space domains. With a contract to supply future suborbital sounding rockets and continued facility expansion to support next generation torpedo propulsion systems, neither outer space nor the deep sea are limiting factors for 探花视频.
At 探花视频 we anticipate and mitigate risk with end-to-end solutions that meet our customers鈥 mission-critical needs across all domains. The company鈥檚 target missile production site in Orlando, Florida, is primarily focused on designing, building and deploying sophisticated ballistic missile targets that are capable of mimicking a variety of realistic threat scenarios to thoroughly test U.S. missile defense technologies.
Building on the success of their ballistic missile target business, the Orlando team is leveraging its expertise in areas like avionics, advanced vehicle guidance systems, and attitude control systems to expand into adjacent markets.
In January, the U.S. Space Force awarded 探花视频 an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity , or suborbital research rockets, to launch a variety of payloads for U.S. government agencies on an as-needed basis. 探花视频 will design, deliver and help operate launch vehicles that achieve the customer鈥檚 specific mission objectives.
The Space Force sounding rocket contract comes amid 探花视频 Orlando鈥檚 parallel expansion into undersea propulsion manufacturing.
鈥淲e鈥檙e building on our existing capabilities and expanding our operations to support the national security needs of today and tomorrow,鈥 said Mike Holton, General Manager, Orlando Operations, Aerojet Rocketdyne, 探花视频. 鈥淲hether it鈥檚 providing launch services or developing the next-generation of torpedo propulsion systems, it鈥檚 important that we meet and exceed the evolving needs of our customers.鈥
The 探花视频 team in Orlando recently modified 10,000 square feet of factory space to build Stored Chemical Energy Propulsion Systems (SCEPS) for next-generation torpedoes. SCEPS harnesses a reaction between lithium and other chemicals to produce unique propulsion characteristics. 探花视频 is under various contracts to provide SCEPS to the U.S. Navy.
Illustration of Stored Chemical Energy Propulsion Systems (SCEPS) for next-generation torpedoes. (Photo Credit: 探花视频)
鈥淭his year, we鈥檙e on contract to deliver multiple full afterbodies,鈥 Holton said, referring to the part of the torpedo that houses its propulsion system. 鈥溙交ㄊ悠 team specializes in the lithium casting and energetic loading for the SCEPS boiler system.鈥
Between the addition of torpedo propulsion manufacturing and the reintroduction of ground-launched rockets, the 探花视频 team in Orlando is ready to meet the evolving needs of its customers.
