Aerojet will develop thruster-system technology applicable to a next-generation missile defense kill vehicle under a contract that the Pentagon said is worth $35 million over a two-year period. In a Jan. 8 press release, Sacramento, Calif.-base Aerojet said it had won a contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to develop solid-fuel divert and attitude control system (SDACS) technologies for the proposed Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block 2B interceptor.
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