{"id":5767,"date":"2025-04-09T00:44:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/raytheon-awards-dual-source-contracts-for-solid-rocket-motor-development\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T00:44:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:44:20","slug":"raytheon-awards-dual-source-contracts-for-solid-rocket-motor-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/raytheon-awards-dual-source-contracts-for-solid-rocket-motor-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Raytheon Awards Dual-Source Contracts for Solid Rocket Motor Development"},"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\/space_RTX_cover_638797017065984402.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Raytheon Awards Dual-Source Contracts for Solid Rocket Motor Development\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/space_RTX_cover_638797017065984402.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/space_RTX_cover_638797017065984402.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Raytheon<\/strong> has awarded contracts to Nammo and Northrop Grumman for initial phase work on MK72 solid rocket motor development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;These contracts are an important step toward increasing capacity and source options to meet global demand for critical defense systems, such as Standard Missile,&#8221; said <strong>Barbara Borgonovi<\/strong><strong>, president of Naval Power at Raytheon<\/strong>. &#8220;In addition to dual sourcing, we&#8217;re doubling down with support and oversight of our supply base and making strategic investments to address constraints and reduce risk so we can deliver more capabilities, faster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: What are Multistage Rockets?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the contracts, the companies will verify design requirements and specifications and will complete a Systems Requirements Review to further refine and validate design concepts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The goal of this initial phase is to demonstrate that these suppliers can successfully execute the requirements and production ramp-up needed before moving forward with further development and qualification. By leveraging both suppliers&#8217; expertise and proven capabilities, Raytheon aims to expand the solid rocket motor supplier base and reliably fulfill customer needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raytheon has awarded contracts to Nammo and Northrop Grumman for initial phase work on MK72 solid rocket motor development. &#8220;These contracts are an important step toward increasing capacity and source options to meet global demand for critical defense systems, such as Standard Missile,&#8221; said Barbara Borgonovi, president of Naval Power at Raytheon. &#8220;In addition to [&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":[26,25,58,20],"class_list":["post-5767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-launch-vehicle-engines","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5767"}],"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=5767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}