Aerojet Rocketdyne to supply rocket motors and DACS systems for THAAD missile defense systems

Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with Aerojet Rocketdyne to manufacture and supply solid-state engines and

DACS systems for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense systems.

What is known

Engine production for THAAD will take placeat two Aerojet Rocketdyne facilities in Huntsville, Alabama and Camden, Arkansas. The DACS systems responsible for ensuring that the hardware block does not deviate from the target are manufactured at the plant in Los Angeles, California.

Aerojet CEO and PresidentRocketdyne Eileen Drake said the company has supported the THAAD missile defense system, which protects the United States, military personnel and allies, for more than two decades. The new contract includes the production of propulsion systems for interceptors (batch 13/14), which will be transferred to the US military.

The THAAD system protects US and allied forces from missile strikes along with critical infrastructure. As part of the tests, the missile defense system successfully destroyed 16 out of 16 air threats.


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The complex uses the so-called concept"kinetic interception". In simple terms, only the kinetic power of the interceptor is used to destroy airborne threats. The hardware unit does not have a warhead.