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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

SM-3 IIA Team Completes TDACS Preliminary Design Review

[SM-3]Raytheon Company completed the preliminary design review (PDR) of the SM-3 Block IIA's throttleable divert and attitude control system.

Essentially a rocket motor with four main divert nozzles and six attitude control nozzles, the TDACS's precision propulsion will enable the SM-3 Block IIA to intercept incoming ballistic missiles with pinpoint accuracy.

"The TDACS is the most complex component of the SM-3 Block IIA," said Wes Kremer, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems' Air and Missile Defense Systems product line.

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