Northrop Grumman Validates Rapid-Prototyping with Successful “SMASH!22” – SatNews

Northrop Grumman Validates Rapid-Prototyping with Successful “SMASH!22” – SatNews

PROMONTORY, Utah — Targeting the critical supply chain bottlenecks that have plagued the defense industrial base, Northrop Grumman has successfully static fired a new solid rocket motor (SRM) developed in less than one year. The test of the SMASH!22 motor, conducted on December 4, validates the company’s shift toward automated manufacturing and digital engineering to drastically reduce lead times for tactical and strategic propulsion systems. Th…

Northrop Tests New Rocket Motor as Part of Innovation Push

Northrop Grumman test fired its newest solid rocket motor Dec. 4, part of an internally funded effort to rapidly design and build SRMs using advanced manufacturing techniques.  The SMASH!22 motor configuration, which the company tested at its facility in Promontory, Utah, is one of two new SRMs the company built in 2025 through its Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology demonstrator program, or SMART. Northrop will test the second motor, BAMM, ea…