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Kratos, L3Harris Successfully Fly Zeus Rocket Motors, Paving Way For Production

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 7th, 2024

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Kratos, L3Harris Successfully Fly Zeus Rocket Motors, Paving Way For Production

A large solid rocket motor built by L3Harris lifts the Kratos' Zeus rocket system from Wallops Island facility during first successful flight. in 2024. Photo: Kratos

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] in late October successfully completed the first flight of a two-stage stack of solid rocket motors (SRMs), validating performance objectives to allow the Zeus rocket to transition to support testing by potential customers. The Zeus 1 and 2 large SRMs are supplied by L3Harris Technologies’ [LHX] Aerojet business and built to specifications created by Kratos in collaboration with customers. Kratos expects to have production ready motors in 2025 with deliveries beginning in the first…

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