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MDA Successfully Tests SM-3 Third Stage Rocket Motor Enhanced Nozzle

Monday, June 20th, 2016

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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in late May successfully tested in a pair of flight tests its enhanced MK 136 Third Stage Rocket Motor nozzle on the Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB in controlled test vehicles 01a/02, according to an Orbital ATK [OA] statement.The missiles were launched from a Navy Aegis destroyer off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. The primary objective of the flight tests was to demonstrate Orbital ATK’s enhanced nozzle, which improves performance of the SM-3…

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