Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology Demonstrator (SMART Demo) is a strategy for inserting industry informed and cutting-edge advancements into solid rocket motor design.
SMART Demo
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Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology Demonstrator (SMART Demo) is a strategy for inserting industry informed and cutting-edge advancements into solid rocket motor design.
Northrop Grumman's rocket design team is always working to design more reliable, better priced and more innovative rockets for customers and for emerging opportunities.
Suborbital target vehicles simulate ballistic missile and cruise missile threats to test the defensive capabilities of U.S. ground- and ship-based interceptors.
Northrop Grumman's propulsion systems engineers use high performance computing capabilities to design the rocket boosters for NASA's Space Launch System.
Two of Northrop Grumman’s extended length, 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM 63XL) etched their place in history in January 2024, when the 72-foot-long solid rocket boosters (SRB) helped power the successful inaugural flight of the Vulcan rocket.