Long Wall

Today, Long Wall is announcing Cyclops: a new, surface-launched, exoatmospheric interceptor to defeat missiles in the midcourse phase of flight.

Long-range missile attacks are a growing menace around the world, and the need for new defenses is urgent. Cyclops is how we restore deterrence and scale missile defense for the world we live in today. lwall.com/news/announcin…

PRODUCTION READY Long Wall is modifying existing production lines for the development and initial production of Cyclops. Fully utilized, our existing 160,000+ square feet of facilities can produce over one hundred Cyclops rounds per year.  We bring 3D printing, CNC machining, welding, electronics assembly, environmental testing, hotfire testing, and vehicle integration in an ordnance-safe environment together under one roof to accelerate the process from development through production.  Our manufacturing approach is modular, using commercial machinery wherever we can. This way, we can scale rapidly to meet surges in demand.

Today, Long Wall is announcing Cyclops: a new, surface-launched, exoatmospheric interceptor to defeat missiles in the midcourse phase of flight.

MODERN KILL VEHICLES At the top of the Cyclops stack sits an exoatmospheric kill vehicle, which neutralizes threats via a hit-to-kill impact, rather than blast fragmentation. Many of the hard technology problems in midcourse defense are in the EKV. Solving those problems gives us our greatest opportunities to improve cost and producibility.  Specifically, an EKV’s propulsion and seeker are prime examples of subsystems that can make or break mass production. Certain choices land you with a few possible vendors on the continent. Others can be built at scale.  This year, we’ve been obsessively focused here. We’ve built our first prototype and commenced testing. Now, we are confident Cyclops can be manufactured in the hundreds or thousands – not dozens – to achieve magazine depth for missile defense.

The world is entering a new era of global competition and security, and our company is evolving to meet it.

We are excited to have been selected as part of the @KratosDefense team for MACH-TB 2.0, serving the @DeptofDefense with lower cost and higher cadence flight testing. Read more about MACH-TB 2.0 below:

Flight 2 Static Fire Update

After a pre-flight static fire test on Friday, a residual pad fire caused irrecoverable damage to RS1. The team is investigating root cause and will provide updates as the investigation progresses.

SN15 Testing youtu.be/vNh-o_s-tS0

We recently passed a testing milestone on our E2 engine. Ryan Kuhn took a moment to reflect on the path we took to get here. blog.ablspacesystems.com/p/building-e2

RS1 Flight 2 pre-launch operations are underway in Kodiak

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