Wed, Sep 03, 2008
US Navy Project Aims To Counter Surface-To-Surface Missile
Threats
Alliant Techsystems announced Wednesday it was awarded a $97
million contract for the design, development, integration, and test
of the Multi-Stage Supersonic Target (MSST) by the Naval Air
Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD. With incentives, the value of
the contract could reach $103 million.
The system design and development phase of the program is
expected to be complete by October 2012. Once this phase of the
program concludes, the company believes there could be follow-on
production awards that generate significant business for ATK over
the next decade.
The MSST will simulate a two-stage anti-ship cruise missile
threat. It consists of a two-stage unmanned aerial target, a
launcher, and associated support equipment. The US Navy will use
MSST to evaluate the operational effectiveness of weapons/combat
systems against next-generation surface-to-surface anti-ship
missiles that cruise at subsonic speeds, initiate a separation
event, and then make a supersonic dash to the intended target.
Under terms of the contract, ATK and its teammate, CEi of
Sacramento, CA will build two engineering evaluation units and
seven engineering development models. MSST is the foundation for
ATK's targets and anti-ship missile strategy and is the result of
an innovative design team and world class systems engineering tools
deployed in ATK's virtual engineering network.
The MSST will provide threat representation for the
developmental and operational testing of major weapon systems. Work
will be performed in Sacramento and Woodland Hills, CA; Plymouth,
MN; Elkton, MD; and Wichita, KS.
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