Kratos Advanced Medium Range Ballistic Missile Target Supports Successful Standard Missile-3 Block IIA Intercept Test
February 22 2017 - 6:00AM
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS), a
leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that
Kratos' Defense & Rocket Support Services (DRSS) Division
successfully supported the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Sailors
aboard the USS JOHN PAUL JONES (DDG-53) as they completed the first
intercept test of the SM-3 Blk IIA missile on February 3, 2017. The
successful SM-3 Blk IIA missile test, designated SFTM-01, was
conducted against an advanced Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM)
target, developed by Kratos and its Government and industry
partners.
The Kratos MRBM target was launched from the
Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii before it was
acquired and tracked by the USS JOHN PAUL JONES using its onboard
AN/SPY-1D(V) radar and Aegis weapon system. All data indicates that
the Kratos MRBM target performed nominally through all phases of
flight. The launch of the SM-3 Blk IIA was the first intercept test
for the missile developed under a cooperative U.S. – Japanese
program. The new interceptor missile features upgraded propulsion
systems and an enhanced kinetic warhead aimed at engaging more
capable threats over larger areas. The missile will continue to be
evaluated for future use aboard ships and ashore as part of Phase 3
of the European Phased Adaptive Approach.
The successful three stage separating MRBM
target featured Kratos’ Oriole solid propellant rocket motor
mounted atop two tandem U.S. Government surplus Mk-70 Terrier kick
stages. In addition, Kratos designed and produced payload hardware
for the target including mechanical support structures, stabilizing
fins, electrical event initiation systems, and active staging and
separation systems. Kratos personnel participated in mission
planning, payload assembly, testing, and target vehicle build-up
and launch operations in support of the successful mission. DRSS is
a leading provider of products, solutions, and services supporting
ballistic missile defense, hypersonic, Aegis, sounding rocket,
directed energy, electromagnetic railgun and other national
security and scientific programs.
Mr. David Carter, President of Kratos’ Defense
& Rocket Support Services Division, stated, “Kratos is proud to
continue its work with government and industry partners providing
low-cost, highly reliable rocket vehicle solutions for Ballistic
Missile Defense testing, and hypersonic experimentation. This
flight represents the second successful flight of the MRBM-T4E
target for the MDA and the fifth successful flight of the highly
capable and flexible Terrier-Terrier-Oriole flight vehicle.”
About Kratos Defense & Security
SolutionsKratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
(Nasdaq:KTOS) is a mid-tier government contractor at the forefront
of the Department of Defense's Third Offset Strategy. Kratos
is a leading technology, intellectual property and proprietary
product and solution company focused on the United States and its
allies' national security. Kratos is the industry leader in
high performance unmanned aerial drone target systems used to test
weapon systems and to train the warfighter, and is a provider of
high performance unmanned combat aerial systems for force
multiplication and amplification. Kratos is also an industry
leader in satellite communications, microwave electronics, cyber
security/warfare, missile defense and combat systems. Kratos
has primarily an engineering and technically oriented work force of
approximately 2,900. Substantially all of Kratos' work is performed
on a military base, in a secure facility or at a critical
infrastructure location. Kratos' primary end customers are National
Security related agencies. News and information are available
at www.KratosDefense.com
Notice Regarding Forward-Looking
StatementsCertain statements in this press release may
constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements are made on the basis of the current
beliefs, expectations and assumptions of the management of Kratos
and are subject to significant risks and uncertainty. Investors are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking
statements. All such forward-looking statements speak only as of
the date they are made, and Kratos undertakes no obligation to
update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. Although Kratos believes
that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements
are reasonable, these statements involve many risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially
from what may be expressed or implied in these forward-looking
statements. For a further discussion of risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in
these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to the
business of Kratos in general, see the risk disclosures in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Kratos for the year ended December
27, 2015, and in subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K and other
filings made with the SEC by Kratos.
Press Contact:
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