Further flight tests of Ursa Major’s ARMD with Draper engine
Forty-five days after the preceding flight, the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Ursa Major Technologies Inc, located in Berthoud, Colorado, USA, have executed a follow-on flight of the Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator (ARMD) powered by the Draper liquid rocket engine, manufactured using Additive Manufacturing, expanding the flight envelope and demonstrating rapid turnaround of critical hardware.
“The swift technology advancements we are making in ARMD on affordable and mass-producible liquid rocket propulsion are a testament to the resolve, boldness, and strategic vision with which we are researching the unknown with discipline and rapidity, always with the all-absorbing purpose of developing revolutionary capabilities for war,” said AFRL Rocket Propulsion Chief Dr Javier Urzay.
This flight expanded the mission profile and objectives of ARMD, further proving the performance, control, and adaptability of the Draper liquid rocket engine in critical phases of the flight trajectory.
Ursa Major CEO Chris Spagnoletti stated, “ARMD revolutionises capability development for the nation’s Arsenal of Freedom through agile Public-Private Partnerships and proves that we have ingredients to rapidly design, build, integrate, and fly rocket-powered high-speed weapons fast and affordably.”
