Atlantic Research Corporation Selected for Minuteman III Propulsion System Rocket Engine.GAINESVILLE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1999-- Atlantic Research Corporation (ARC) was selected by TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc Inc. through a Best Value competition to perform the Minuteman III Propulsion System Noun 1. propulsion system - a system that provides a propelling or driving force system - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a Rocket Engine (PSRE PSRE Public Sector Research Establishments (Department of Trade and Industry, UK) PSRE Propulsion System Rocket Engine PSRE Postal Stationery Registered Envelope ) Life Extension Program and Sustaining Engineering Program. ARC will design and produce refurbishment kits and provide engineering support to restore the PSRE to extend the service life to 2020. ARC designed and manufactured the PSRE system in the `60s and `70s and has provided continuous engineering support at Hill Air Force Base (AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass ), Utah, since 1979. TRW became the ICBM ICBM: see guided missile. ICBM in full intercontinental ballistic missile Land-based, nuclear-armed ballistic missile with a range of more than 3,500 mi (5,600 km). Only the U.S. Prime Integrating Contractor for Minuteman III and the anticipated Peacekeeper missile systems in 1997, and assumed responsibility at that time for sustainment of these land-based systems. This award will extend ARC's presence at Hill AFB as part of TRW's team to support Minuteman III. ARC also produces the Trident D-5 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Submarine-launched ballistic missiles or SLBMs are ballistic missiles delivering nuclear weapons that are launched from submarines. Modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs) each of which carries a warhead and allows a single Post Boost Control System Gas Generator at their Orange County Strategic Facility in Virginia. ARC's program organization will be co-located with TRW in Utah, supported by a separate Utah production facility, and engineering support from Gainesville and Orange, Virginia, and the Liquid Propulsion Division in Niagara Falls, New York Niagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 55,593. It is across the Niagara River from Niagara Falls, Ontario, both named after the famed Niagara Falls which they share. . ARC, a unit of Sequa Corporation, is a leading developer and producer of solid propellant rocket motors, gas generators, advanced composite materials and liquid propulsion systems, including the liquid propellant rocket motor line acquired from Royal Ordnance late 1998. ARC, applying its defense technology to the commercial marketplace, produces a growing line of automotive air bag inflators and supplies energetic components for the air bags from its high capacity propulsion plant in Camden, Arkansas. Please visit our web site at http://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, and automotive products. Visit Sequa's web site at http://www.sequa.com. |
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