Aerojet Winner Of OpFires Upper Stage Propulsion System

OpFires operational concept.
Credit: DARPA
Aerojet Rocketdyne will supply a throttleable upper-stage booster for the OpFires ground-launched hypersonic missile, but DARPA is now seeking transition partners for the technology after the U.S. Army withdrew from the program. DARPA indirectly confirmed the supplier of the critical OpFires upper...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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