The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne $12 million for the first phase of a contract to design, build, integrate, and test a prototype Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS) those will power two different types of kinetic vehicles on missile interceptors. The Commonality Pathfinder DACS, as part of the Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV) programme, will allow the MDA to conduct controlled-fiight hover tests on its two kinetic vehicles. The Pathfinder DACS will use existing Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne propulsion system technology, which will significantly lower development risk, cost and time.
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