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EKV/GMD
Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle/Ground-Based
Midcourse Defense System will protect against
attacks by intercepting long-range ballistic
missiles during their midcourse phase of flight.
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Sunshade (Be) L3
Adapter Assembly Axsys
Laser Initiation System Comm Link
Pacific Scientific Cryo System Rockwell Collins
Toroid Gas Bottle Raytheon
CONAX Embedded Flight
Structure Software
General Dynamics – Raytheon
Lincoln Composites
DACS Battery
Aerojet Eagle Picher
DACS Oxidizer Tank
Aerojet Telemetry
Antenna
CE II Unique* Interconnect Harnessing Raytheon
Woven/Largo Cryogenic
Valve Bank
APD Electrical Conversion Unit Telemetry
Raytheon L3/TECOM
Systems-built ground-based
radars, upgraded early warning
radars and a sea-based X-band
radar to detect hostile missile EKV
IMPACT
launches and to provide MRV
guidance for ground stations.
A battle management, command,
control and communication Successful Tests
system provides operational Oct. 9, 1999 July 14, 2001 Dec. 3, 2001 March 15, 2002
control and a man-in-the-loop Oct. 14, 2002 Sept. 1, 2006 Sept. 28, 2007 Dec. 5, 2008
interface.
Raytheon is contracted with Providing a Key Defense Capability
Boeing to provide 33 test bed Layered Missile Defense Management
With eight successful intercepts,
(TB) and capability enhancement the GMD system is on track to
(CE) payloads and 23 CE II Department of Defense
meet the nation’s ballistic missile
payloads for use in flight tests defense needs. The performance
and to provide a limited defense Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
of EKV is setting the stage for
capability. To date, 33 TB/CE EKV development opportunities and Ballistic Missile Defense System
payloads have been delivered, future hardware programs for
including one engineering Raytheon Missile Systems to Early Intercept Midcourse Defense Terminal Defense
test unit and one payload set ensure its customers’ success.
of qualification assemblies. Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD)
Delivery of the CE II payloads
began in 2008.
One Company Effort
In addition to the Raytheon Raytheon Company
Missile Systems-built EKV, Missile Systems
EKV Product Line
the defense system includes a P.O. Box 11337
Raytheon Integrated Defense Tucson, Arizona
85734-1337 USA
520.794.4158 Telephone
520.794.8600 Fax
www.raytheon.com