News

RELEVANT PRESS RELEASES IN SUPPORT OF Advance Turbine Design

Successful Netfires LAM First Flight, June 17, 2002

An ATDI-4X (TJ30-4A) turbo jet successfully powered the first flight of a Raytheon Netfires Prototype Loiter Attack Missile (LAM).  The flight lasted about 11 minutes and included two racetrack circuits at the NASA Wallops Test Range in Virginia on June 17, 2002.

Advance Turbine Design of Neenah, Wisconsin, cooperating with Hamilton Sundstrand, supplied the propulsion system for the first Raytheon Netfires missile flight.  This system included the engine, fuel system, electronic control unit and its software, starter and igniter.

The engine was developed, designed, fabricated, and tested at Advance Turbine Design's Neenah, Wisconsin facility.  The ballistically starter engine was tested and perfected at Advance Turbine Design using Advance Turbine Design's Advanced Engine Controller.  Finally, the engine was integrated in the Netfires Loiter Attack Missile and Installation tested, then delivered to the end user for flight testing.

The Hamilton Sundstrand-Advance Turbine Design team will support three important Netfires LAM flight tests scheduled for the later months of 2002 and early 2003.  These tests will demonstrate missile flight controllability, with the last planned to include a military payload.  All future flights will involve ground launch from a canister via a rocket booster.

Successful Netfires LAM Launch/Flight, November 3, 2002

The full-up Netfires LAM was successfully launched and few last Friday afternoon, November 8, 2002!  This was a ground (rocket) launch, rapid turbojet (ADTI-4X/TJ30) start and flight at Eglin AFB, Florida, all turbo jet powered.  This is great news for the program and helps put it on a faster track to reality.  Thanks to Advance Turbine Design for your support, hard work and concern.  Another huge success for the team!