April 28, 2010 - L-3 Coleman Aerospace recently supported a world-record extraction and airdrop of a 77,000-pound Jumbo Drop Test Vehicle (JDTV)...(more)

September 25, 2009 - L-3 Coleman Aerospace signed a former Air Force general as its new chief executive...(more)

June 11, 2009 - L-3 Coleman Aerospace recently launched a successful Hera rocket at Fort Wingate, N.M., as part of the Lockheed Martin - led team for the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA's) Targets and Countermeasures Prime Contract. (more)

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In addition to the sophisticated ballistic missile industry, Coleman Aerospace also specializes in Advanced Programs.

Coleman Aerospace designs cargo container security systems for Homeland Security. These Advanced Container Security Device (ACSD) systems are engineered to detect stowaways, threat substances, and other contraband in sealed cargo containers. (more)

Coleman Aerospace supports the Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV) program with a variety of systems engineering services, including requirements analysis, modeling and simulation, trade studies, and system performance assessment. (more)

Our customers include the Missile Defense Agency, US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center-Space Development & Test Wing, the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, NASA, DARPA, and Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Coleman Aerospace is an innovative systems engineering and integration provider. Both a prime contractor and subcontractor, we design and produce sophisticated ballistic missiles as replicas of Scuds and other global missile defense threats. Coleman Aerospace provides a variety of suborbital launch vehicles, payloads, and launch services to MDA, the US Army, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and US Air Force. Since the award of the Theater Missile Defense (TMD) Targets contract in 1992, Coleman has conducted over 25 target missile missions.

Several of Coleman's ground launch missions demonstrated new capabilities and/or launch sites. These include atmospheric reentry targets for THAAD missiles, THAAD radar experiments, and targets for PAC-3. Our success has fostered company growth and expansion into air-launched targets. (more ground-launch)

Coleman Aerospace's air-launch capability allows the launch of missiles or rockets from cargo aircraft, anywhere in the world, at any azimuth/orbit inclination. (more air-launch)

Coleman Aerospace's engineering department specializes in disciplines such as Systems, Aerodynamics/Aerothermal, Electrical, Mechanical, and Software. The engineering department conducts studies and analyses, develops concept definition and design as well as detailed design, analysis, and documentation. Our engineering staff is also responsible for creating and testing systems and subsystems. Coleman has experience in launch services and technical field support.

Our manufacturing processes include automated circuit card assembly, precision inspection capability, airframe structures, cables/harnesses, chassis, pneumatics, RF cabling, and foam molding.  

Our products include ballistic missiles, tactical missiles, and space launch vehicles. Subsystems are reentry vehicles, guidance, navigation and control systems, telemetry systems, aerospace structures, aerodynamic deceleration systems, and support equipment.