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L3Harris, Kratos Successfully Hot-Fire Large Solid Rocket Motor

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 15th, 2024

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L3Harris, Kratos Successfully Hot-Fire Large Solid Rocket Motor

L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Monday said it successfully hot-fire tested the Zeus 2 large solid rocket motor (SRM) that it developed commercially with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] in support of testing of hypersonic, ballistic missile defense, suborbital, and other systems. The Zeus 2 testing, which was done at L3Harris’ Aerojet Rocketdyne business facilities in Camden, Ark., follows a successful hot-fire test of the Zeus 1 SRM in 2023. The Zeus 2 is nearly twice as long as the…

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