Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force have conducted a full-scale qualification static fire test of the Sentinel ...

PROMONTORY, Box Elder County — No solid rocket ... a static firing at the facility on March 6, according to a press release. The test followed static fire tests of second- and third-stage motors.

S50 solid-propellant rocket motor during the static firing test in Brazil. The test lasted 84 seconds. Both propellant and oxidiser are solids – contained in a carbon-fibre-reinforced composite casing ...

resulting in nearly 300 static test fires this year. “The innovative manufacturing techniques we employ are yielding agile solid rocket motor solutions with the design flexibility needed to ...