RTX's Raytheon, Northrop Grumman Successfully Completed A Static Fire Test Of An Advanced Long-Range Solid Rocket Motor At The Northrop Grumman Allegany Ballistics Laboratory In West Virginia
RTX's Raytheon, Northrop Grumman Successfully Completed A Static Fire Test Of An Advanced Long-Range Solid Rocket Motor At The Northrop Grumman Allegany Ballistics Laboratory In West Virginia
Test validates design maturity and performance
ROCKET CENTER, W.Va., Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE:RTX) business, and Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) have successfully completed a static fire test of an advanced long-range solid rocket motor at the Northrop Grumman Allegany Ballistics Laboratory in West Virginia.
The test demonstrated wired end-burning technology for hypersonic applications and provided data to support digital modeling and simulations that validated the design maturity and performance of the rocket motor. Raytheon's Advanced Technology team and Northrop Grumman leveraged their combined digital engineering expertise to accelerate the design and development in a digital environment using model-based systems engineering.