{"id":4901,"date":"2025-08-06T16:37:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/northrop-grumman-tests-sentinel-missile-stage-two-rocket-motor\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T16:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:37:54","slug":"northrop-grumman-tests-sentinel-missile-stage-two-rocket-motor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/northrop-grumman-tests-sentinel-missile-stage-two-rocket-motor\/","title":{"rendered":"Northrop Grumman Tests Sentinel Missile Stage-Two Rocket Motor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1754458070563_638900548730309321.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"387\" alt=\"Northrop Grumman Tests Sentinel Missile Stage-Two Rocket Motor\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1754458070563_638900548730309321.png\" style=\"opacity: 0.0656842;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1754458070563_638900548730309321.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"387\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Northrop Grumman Corporation<\/strong>, in collaboration with the U.S. Air Force, completed the first qualification test of a stage-two solid rocket motor for the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile at the Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Complex. The test was conducted in a vacuum chamber simulating flight conditions, allowing evaluation of the Thrust Vector Control system, which steers the missile.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Learn: Satellite Launches by Northrop Grumman<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Why It Matters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engineers designed Sentinel in a digital model-based environment, which accelerates design, reduces costs, and minimizes the need to \u201cbend metal\u201d for each design enhancement.<\/li>\n<li>Engineers will compare performance data from the test to predictions from our digital models, validating the motor performs as expected.<\/li>\n<li>Qualification tests are designed to assure the rocket motor meets the Air Force&#8217;s exacting standards for quality and reliability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Expert Insight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>Ben Davies<\/strong><strong>, corporate vice president and president, Defense Systems, Northrop Grumman<\/strong>: <em>\u201cDeveloping the Sentinel Weapon System quickly is vital for national security. A digital-first approach helps us speed up the process and ensures the missile is mission-ready.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Northrop Grumman and the Air Force have tested all three stages of the Sentinel missile. This test is the first of a series intended to validate digital models and finalize the stage-two rocket motor design. Each test will verify different motor components to reduce risk and refine the design. This test follows earlier tests of both stage-one and development-stage motors, providing critical data for continued progress in missile design, testing, and support systems.<\/p>\n<p>The Sentinel Weapon System design maturation, missile testing, command and control mission equipment, communications, security and related support equipment continue to make significant progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northrop Grumman Corporation, in collaboration with the U.S. Air Force, completed the first qualification test of a stage-two solid rocket motor for the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile at the Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Complex. The test was conducted in a vacuum chamber simulating flight conditions, allowing evaluation of the Thrust Vector Control system, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41,26,25,20],"class_list":["post-4901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-defense","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}