Raytheon Company has selected Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) to develop the booster motor for the flexible, affordable and lethal Stunner Interceptor, an element of the Short Range Missile Defense (SRMD) program.

ATK Tactical Systems' composite booster motor solution for the Stunner Interceptor supports Raytheon's strategy of disruptive innovation in the terminal missile defense mission area.

Israel and the U.S. have a critical and immediate need for an affordable, highly effective short-range missile defense capability and ATK Tactical Systems Division look forward to working with Raytheon and Rafael to develop the booster motor for the Stunner Interceptor.

Raytheon Company and Rafael Armament Development Authority were selected in May by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Israel Missile Defense Organization to develop the Stunner Interceptor under the U.S-Israel SRMD program. The joint program aims to develop a common interceptor solution to defeat the proliferating threat of short-range ballistic missiles and rockets. Such threats are cheap, plentiful, easily concealed and largely exempt from international arms control accords.

Sergyi Way
10.11.2006

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