Navy Terrier LEAP Third-Stage Propulsion,

Abstract

Under contracts with the Air Force Phillips Laboratory (Edwards Air Force Base, California) and Hughes Missiles Systems Company, the Elkton Division of Thiokol Corporation has completed the design, development, and qualification of a third stage for use in the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO)/Navy Terrier Lightweight Exoatmospheric Projectile (LEAP) flight experiments. The stage consists of a solid- propellant motor with omni-axis thrust vector control (TVC), safe-and-arm (S&A) devices, flight-termination system, pitch/yaw/roll attitude control system (ACS), cables/connectors, and skirt/interstage structures. The motor with these components is designated as the advanced solid axial stage (ASAS). This paper describes the design, requirements, and results of component- and system- level testing to qualify the stage for the flight tests (FTV-3 and FTVA) scheduled for December 1994 - January 1995.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA288615

Entities

People

  • E. L. Thomas
  • J. J. Walsh
  • K. E. Olsen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Attitude Control Systems
  • Cold Gases
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Environment
  • Epoxy Composites
  • Explosives
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Systems
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Static Tests
  • Thermal Batteries

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.