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U.S. Looks to Faster, Cheaper Solid-Fuel Missile Propulsion

September 5, 2006 :: Jane's Information Group :: News

The U.S. Air Force is investigating the possibility of developing an improved family of solid-fuel rockets for intercontinental ballistic missile and satellite launchers, reports the September 6 issue of Jane’s Defence Weekly. The Air Force Flight Test Center, headquartered at Edwards Air Force Base in California, has awarded $49 million each to Aerojet General Corp and ATK Thiokol to research several types of improvements to solid-fuel rockets, making them fly further, faster, and for less money. Jane’s notes that these new solid-fuel rockets could serve as a potential launch platform for conventional weapons capable of hitting rogue nations and terrorist targets worldwide, a concept still in the development stages known as Prompt Global Strike.

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