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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Awarded $20 Million Contract From Missile Defense Agency

Written by thomas · Filed Under Defense 

May 25, 2010

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CANOGA PARK, Calif., May 24 /PRNewswire/ — Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne received a $20.3 million contract for the first phase to design, develop and test a High-Performance Liquid Upper-Stage propulsion system that will support early intercept capabilities for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).  Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company.

“With emerging ballistic missile threats, the MDA needs to develop faster interceptors that can stop enemy missiles early in flight when their countermeasures are less effective,” said Bruce Janeski, program manager, Liquid Upper-Stage propulsion system, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne.   “We are confident our propulsion system will increase the speed of interceptors by reducing weight and increasing performance.”

Under the contract, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne will develop components and conduct risk-reduction tests on a liquid upper-stage propulsion system, which could be integrated into an advanced land-based interceptor to augment the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).  Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne will demonstrate the propulsion system’s capability by conducting a static hot-fire test of the integrated system in simulated altitude conditions.

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc., a part of Pratt & Whitney, is a preferred provider of high-value propulsion, power, energy and innovative system solutions used in a wide variety of government and commercial applications, including the main engines for the space shuttle, Atlas and Delta launch vehicles, missile defense systems and advanced hypersonic engines.

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