Orbital Sciences Gets $26M Contract for US Navy

Orbital Sciences Corporation

today announced that it was recently awarded a production contract for seven Coyote supersonic sea-skimming target (SSST) vehicles and related equipment by the U.S. Navy.  The latest order for Orbital's Coyote target program is in addition to existing production contracts for the Mach 2.5-capable, low-altitude target missile used by the Navy to test fleet self-defense systems against a threat-representative target.  This latest SSST order is the sixth full-rate production contract following a highly successful five-year development and flight test program.  The total value of the new contract is $26.4 million.