SM-3 IIA test. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
Several variations of the STANDARD Missile (SM), including SM-2, SM-3 IA, SM-3 IB, SM-3 IIA, and SM-6, are currently deployed or in development, providing U.S. and allied troops with unparalleled missile defense capabilities both above and inside the atmosphere.
É«ÇéÖ±²¥ components support several variations of the Standard Missile. The Mk 72 booster and Mk 104 dual-thrust rocket motor provide first and second stage propulsion. É«ÇéÖ±²¥' Throttling Divert and Attitude Control System (TDACS) helps maneuver the kinetic warhead of the SM-3 into the target for the final hit-to-kill impact.
É«ÇéÖ±²¥ incorporates throttling solid rocket technology advancements into the TDACS design to provide increased mission flexibility to the warfighter while maintaining the safety features of solid propellant.
A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam as part of Flight Experiment Mission-02. The Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with U.S. Department of Defense partners, successfully conducted FEM-02. (Credit: MDA)
A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam as part of Flight Experiment Mission-02. The Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with U.S. Department of Defense partners, successfully conducted FEM-02. (Credit: MDA)
A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam as part of Flight Experiment Mission-02. The Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with U.S. Department of Defense partners, successfully conducted FEM-02. (Credit: MDA)
A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam as part of Flight Experiment Mission-02. The Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with U.S. Department of Defense partners, successfully conducted FEM-02. (Credit: MDA)
A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam as part of Flight Experiment Mission-02. The Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with U.S. Department of Defense partners, successfully conducted FEM-02. (Credit: MDA)
2011 - SM-3 on 19th successful at-sea test intercept from U.S.S. Hopper (DDG 70). (Credit: U.S. Navy via Missile Defense Agency)
Oct. 26, 2018 - Aerojet Rocketdyne, prior to being acquired by É«ÇéÖ±²¥, propulsion is critical to the successful intercept test for SM-3 Block IIA Missile during the FTM-45 flight test, conducted by the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency. View 3. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
Oct. 26, 2018 - Aerojet Rocketdyne, prior to being acquired by É«ÇéÖ±²¥, propulsion is critical to the successful intercept test for SM-3 Block IIA Missile during the FTM-45 flight test, conducted by the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency. View 2. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
Oct. 26, 2018 - FTM-45: Upon acquiring and tracking the target missile, launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii, the U.S.S. JOHN FINN (DDG-113) launched an SM-3 Block IIA guided missile, which intercepted the target. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
Dec. 11, 2018 - Aerojet Rocketdyne, prior to being acquired by É«ÇéÖ±²¥, provides SM-3 Block IIA reliable first-stage propulsion and Throttling Divert and Attitude Control System. View 4. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
Dec. 11, 2018 - Aerojet Rocketdyne, prior to being acquired by É«ÇéÖ±²¥, provides SM-3 Block IIA reliable first-stage propulsion and Throttling Divert and Attitude Control System. View 3. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
Dec. 11, 2018 - Aerojet Rocketdyne, prior to being acquired by É«ÇéÖ±²¥, provides SM-3 Block IIA reliable first-stage propulsion and Throttling Divert and Attitude Control System. View 2. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
Dec. 11, 2018 - Aerojet Rocketdyne, prior to being acquired by É«ÇéÖ±²¥, provides SM-3 Block IIA reliable first-stage propulsion and Throttling Divert and Attitude Control System. View 1. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
June 5, 2008 - SM-2 launch: A short range, unitary, ballistic missile, Scud-like, target launches from the Mobile Launch Platform, the decommissioned U.S.S. Tripoli, in a MDA flight test at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
April 15, 2011 - A SM-3 is launched from the U.S.S. O'Kane in a joint Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Army and U.S. Navy test in an infrared interception. The SM-3 intercepted a target missile launched from Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
December 14, 2016 - The MDA and sailors aboard U.S.S. John Paul Jones (DDG 53), an Aegis baseline 9.C1 equipped destroyer, successfully fired a salvo of two SM-6 Dual I missiles against a complex medium-range ballistic missile target. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
Feb. 24, 2015 - Three short-range ballistic missile targets are launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, in support of FTX-19. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
March 26, 2020 - Raytheon and Aerojet Rocketdyne, prior to being acquired by É«ÇéÖ±²¥, provide propulsion systems for Raytheon’s Standard Missile family. (Credit: Raytheon)
Aug. 1, 2015 - As part of a joint Missile Defense Agency/U.S. Navy missile defense test, the U.S.S. John Paul Jones detected, tracked and successfully engaged the target using an SM-6 Dual I missile. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
May 25, 2016 - The Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy sailors aboard U.S.S. Hopper (DDG 70) successfully conducted two developmental flight tests of the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB Threat Upgrade guided missile off the west coast of Hawaii. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency)
