Northrop Grumman Advances Sentinel Design Phase With Key Tests
21 February 2024 - 1:30AM
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully completed
tests of several crucial elements of the Sentinel intercontinental
ballistic missile (ICBM), marking significant progress for the
program in its engineering, manufacturing and development phase.
Forward and aft sections of a Sentinel ICBM missile
were evaluated through a rigorous test campaign at the company’s
Strategic Missile Test and Production Complex in Promontory, Utah.
The tests lower risk for the program with important data about the
missile’s inflight structural dynamics. Data from the tests help
engineering teams mature models, lower risk and ensure flight
success.
The shroud fly-off and missile modal tests were part of the
company’s engineering, manufacturing, and development (EMD), or
design, contract for Sentinel. Northrop Grumman is closely
partnered with the Air Force as the EMD phase progresses and key
milestones are achieved.
Northrop Grumman and an industry partner
successfully conducted Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile
Shroud Fly-off Test at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
verifying the shroud did not strike enclosed payload, critical to
mission success. (Photo Credit: Northrop Grumman)
Expert:
Sarah Willoughby, vice president and program manager, Sentinel,
Northrop Grumman: “Working with the Air Force and our team of
suppliers, we put key elements of the missile’s hardware to the
test to mature our design and lower risk. The shroud fly-off test
proved our modeling predictions are solid, while the missile stack
test demonstrated inflight missile performance, helping validate
assumptions and fine-tune models. These successes give us
confidence as we continue progressing on the path to deliver a
safe, secure and reliable capability to the nation.”
Details on Program:
The Sentinel program is a modernization of the nation’s
ground-based leg of the strategic triad and is planned to be viable
through 2075.
Northrop Grumman leads a nationwide team for Sentinel’s EMD
contract. The team is responsible for designing the most
technologically advanced portion of America’s ground-based
strategic deterrent and is closely partnered with the Air Force to
continue to mature the design while reducing risk as key EMD
milestones are achieved.
Other advancements previously performed under EMD include
stage-two and stage-one solid rocket motor static fire tests and
hypersonic wind tunnel testing.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense
technology company. Our pioneering solutions equip our customers
with the capabilities they need to connect and protect the world,
and push the boundaries of human exploration across the universe.
Driven by a shared purpose to solve our customers’ toughest
problems, our employees define possible every day.
Contact: |
Casey Staheli385-442-0699casey.staheli@ngc.com |
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