ARC to Provide Ramjet Engine for Orbital Sciences Corporation/Navy Missile Target.Business Editors/Aerospace and Defense Writers GAINESVILLE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2000 Atlantic Research Corporation (ARC) has been selected to develop and produce a ramjet engine Noun 1. ramjet engine - a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed atherodyde, athodyd, flying drainpipe, ramjet jet engine - a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion to power the Supersonic Sea Skimming Target (SSST SSST Southeastern Symposium on System Theory SSST Supersonic Sea Skimming Target SSST Short Scottish Secure Tenancy (Scottish law) SSST Stealth Satellite System Terminator SSST Space Station Systems Trainer ) for the US Navy. The SSST System will provide the Navy with an affordable capability to meet early 21st century fleet training and weapons systems test requirements to simulate Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles. The SSST missile target is being developed by the Naval Air Systems Command The Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, is the part of the United States Navy which provides materiel support for naval aircraft and airborne weapon systems, such as guided missiles. NAVAIR was established in 1966 as the successor to the Navy's Bureau of Naval Weapons (BuWeps). , Program Executive Office for Strike Weapons and Unmanned Aviation, located at Patuxent River The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland. There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the Potomac River to the west passing through Washington D.C. , Maryland. Orbital Sciences Corporation Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC, though commonly referred to as Orbital) is a Dulles, Virginia company which specializes in satellite launch and manufacture. Its Launch Systems Group is heavily involved with missile defense launch systems. is the missile prime contractor, and is supported by Raytheon for missile avionics, and ARC for propulsion. The ARC contract will cover a three-year development and flight-test program, and includes options for additional flight test engines and two years of production. The SSST requirement entails extended flight at supersonic speeds at low altitude. This requirement can only be met using an airbreathing engine for propulsion. ARC has based the selected engine design on the solid ducted rocket ramjet ramjet: see jet propulsion. ramjet Air-breathing jet engine that operates with no major moving parts. It relies on the craft's forward motion to draw in air and on a specially shaped intake passage to compress the air for combustion. . The engine uses a solid propellant to provide hot gas as the ramjet fuel. A valve is used to control the rate of fuel flow and engine thrust during flight. The SSST engine contract follows twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. of successful ramjet development experience. ARC, a unit of Sequa Corporation, is a leading developer and producer of solid propellant rocket motors, gas generators, advanced composite materials and liquid and electric propulsion systems for satellite station keeping out in space. ARC also produces automotive air bag inflators and supplies energetic components for the air bags from its high capacity propulsion plant in Camden, Arkansas. Visit the ARC web site at www.atlanticresearchcorp.com . Sequa Corporation is a diversified industrial company whose other principal interests include the manufacture and repair of jet engine components, the coating of coiled steel and aluminum, and the production of specialty chemicals, can machinery, auxiliary press equipment, automotive products, and men's formal wear. Visit Sequa's web site at www.sequa.com . |
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