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FACT SHEET
CustomerProgram Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons, PEO(U&W); Aerial Target & Decoy Systems Program Office, (PMA-208)
Objectives•ProvideaCost-EffectiveTarget
to Simulate both Supersonic Sea Skimming and other emerging SupersonicAnti-ShipCruiseMissile(ASCM)Threats
•SupportRDT&EofShipDefenseSystems and Support Fleet Training Exercises
OperationalOctober 2005
Prime ContractorOrbitalSciencesCorporation–LaunchSystemsGroup,Chandler,Arizona
Major Subcontractor
Aerojet, Camden, AR•SolidFuelDuctedRocketSubsystem
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GQM-163A CoyoteSupersonic Sea Skimming Target
OverviewOn29June2000,OrbitalSciencesCorporation,LaunchSystemsGroupwasawardeda$34millionEngineeringandManufacturingDevelopment(EMD)contractfortheGQM-163ASupersonic Sea Skimming Target (SSST) system. Orbital’s proven Theater Missile Defense (TMD) and National Missile Defense (NMD) ballistic missile target design philosophy of maximizingresidualmissileassetsandoff-the-shelfhardwareandtechnologyisbeingappliedtocruisemissiletargets.ThisapproachprovidestheU.S.Navywiththebestvalue,lowestriskandhighestperformanceGQM-163Asystem.
TheGQM-163AMK70Booster/DuctedRocketSustainerconfigurationmakesjudicioususeofresidualStandardMissileassetsandthe$80millionU.S.Governmentinvestmentinsolid-fueledductedrocket/ramjets.TheGQM-163ADuctedRocketSustainerisbasedontechnologydevelopedbymajorsubcontractorAerojet(formerlyARC)undertheU.S.AirForce’sVariableFlowDuctedRocket(VFDR)program.TheGQM-163AavionicsdesignisbasedontheOrbitalLaunchSystemsGroup’smulti-programModularAvionicsControlHardware(MACH)System.TheMACHflightcomputerboastsamodernPowerPCcorehostingareal-timeoperatingsystemandaflightprovensoftwarearchitecturebasedontheCompany'scommonobjectorientedC++applicationframework.
FollowingtheEMDphaseoftheGQM-163AprogramOrbitalreceivedfollow-onFullRateProduction(FRP)contractsinexcessof80productiontargets,withnewertargetsbeingproducedwiththeOrbitaldesignedFrontEndSubsystem(FES),whichintroducedseveralrobusttechnologyupdatestoaddressobsolescenceoftheoldertargets.UndertheGQM-163Acontract,Orbitalhasanoperationallaunchsuccessrateof100%,whichincludesasuccessfuldemonstrationofaHighDivertrajectory,theOrbitaldesignedFES,andtheOrbitaldesignedTargetSupportTestSet(TSTS).Foruserflexibility,theGQM-163Atargetisnowoperationallycapableoflaunchingfromthreedifferentlaunchsitesaroundtheworld.
GQM-163ACoyoteSupersonicSeaSkimmingTarget
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GQM-163A Coyote
Representative GQM-163A Mission Profile and System Performance
For more information, please contact:
Mark OgrenVPofBusinessDevelopment 480.814.6605 [email protected]
Booster Air Vehicle
0.0
87.2
in.
(2.2
1 m
)
154.
6 in
.(3
.93
m)
221.
2 in
.(5
.62
m)
232.
3 in
.(5
.90
m)
376.
2 in
.(9
.56
m )
Aft Launch Lug
17.99 in. DIA(0.46 m) 13.8 in. DIA
(0.35 m)
Booster IgniterMK301 Mod 1
Fin ActuatorController System (4)
Fairing Assembly
Forward Launch Lugs
Solid Hydro-carbon Fuel Gas Generator
Booster Fin Set BoosterMK 70 Mod 1
Four Air Inlets
FourRaceways
Nosecone
Combustion Chamber
Guidance & MissionEquipment Section
MK 70 DR FES
Ballast
Manacle Clamp
Ducted Rocket Burnout Alt = 13 ft
Begin Cruise Alt = 65 ft
Apogee Alt = 1800 ftBooster
SeparationAlt = 1200 ft
Alt = 15 ft
Ignite MK 70 BoosterLauncher 35 nmi
Cruise Phase Mach 2.5
30° Dive
20 nmi - 120 nmi Mach 3.0 - 4.0
Begin Cruise Alt = 35,000 ft - 60,000 ft
Begin Dive
10 nmi Terminal Phase
Mach 2.5
