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Article: Aerojet Celebrates 5,000th MK 104 Motor Shipment for Navy's Standard Missile Programs.
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- Defense & Aerospace Week
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, announced the milestone shipment of its 5,000th MK 104 Dual Thrust Rocket Motor (DTRM) to Raytheon Missile Systems and the U.S. Navy. The event was commemorated today at a ceremony held in Camden, Ark.
The MK 104 DTRM provides propulsion for Raytheon's (NYSE:RTN) Standard Missile 2 (SM-2), the Navy's primary surface-to-air air defense weapon. SM-2 is an integral part of the AEGIS Weapon System aboard Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The MK 104 DTRM also is used as second stage propulsion for the Navy's newest defense weapon, the Extended Range Active Missile (SM-6) which will provide extended ...