Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Division
- Summary
- Lockheed built this unflown antiballistic missile (ABM) test vehicle for the U.S. Army's Homing Overlay Experiment (HOE). The HOE vehicle was designed to destroy a missile by physically impacting it - a concept known as "hit-to-kill." After separating from the booster, the vehicle would use its onboard sensors to identify and lock-on to the incoming missile and would use other components to direct it to impact. On the last of four HOE tests, a vehicle intercepted an incoming dummy warhead in the first successful demonstration of hit-to-kill technology in June 1984. The United States is now using much smaller hit-to-kill vehicles in deployed ABMs. Lockheed built this HOE test vehicle, and the U.S. Army transferred it to NASM in 1986.
- Alternate Name
- Homing Overlay Experiment Test Vehicle
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the United States Army.
- Inventory Number
- A19860223000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Missile & Rocket Parts
- Materials
- Overall, metal
- Dimensions
- Overall: 168 in. diameter (at the vanes) x 204 in. long x 36 in. diameter (booster) , 2400 lb. HOE and dolly (426.72 cm. x 518.16 cm. x 91.44 cm., 1088.6kg), HOE weight 1064 lbs
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Rockets & Missiles
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19860223000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9ae7bdb23-e3b6-4a7f-8265-fabad20a7ab3
