The test was conducted in a vacuum chamber simulating real-world environmental conditions the solid-rocket motor would experience during high-altitude and space flight.
Test data will be analyzed to determine how motor performance matched digitally engineered model predictions, critical to maturing the design and lowering risk.
Following this development effort, Northrop Grumman will begin a series of rocket motor qualification testing for both stages.
Northrop Grumman is designing and producing Stages one and two of the three-stage Sentinel missile.
This test was conducted under the company's engineering, manufacturing, and development (EMD), or design contract for Sentinel. Northrop Grumman continues to perform on this phase and is working closely with the
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The Sentinel program is a modernization of the nation's ground-based leg of the strategic triad and is designed to be viable through 2075.
Northrop Grumman leads a nationwide team for the engineering, manufacturing and design (EMD) contract. The team is responsible for designing the most technologically advanced portion of America's ground-based strategic deterrent and is closely partnered with the
Other key milestones previously performed under EMD include hypersonic wind tunnel testing and a stage-one solid rocket motor static fire.
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