Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV)

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products produces the main structure for the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, a critical component of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program within the Missile Defense Agency.

The EKV's primary mission is to provide protection against missile attacks by engaging high-speed ballistic missile warheads, otherwise known as reentry vehicles, in the midcourse or exoatmospheric phase of their trajectories. The EKV destroys the threat using only force of impact.

Key Capabilities

• Filament winding of composite structure
• Hand layup with aluminum core
• Precision machining with tight hole/insert positional accuracy
• Secondary aluminum and paint coatings
• Bracket installation with tight positional requirements
• Extensive photographic and engineering documentation throughout fabrication