In the Spotlight
VPT is powering the world’s most advanced military and aerospace programs.
Following are just a few of the programs currently relying on VPT.
SM-3 Block IIA Successfully Destroys Ballistic Missile Target
December 13, 2018— The U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully tested a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IIA – a ballistic… Read more
NASA’s InSight Spacecraft Successfully Lands on Mars
November 27, 2018 – NASA has made another successful landing on Mars after their InSight lander reached the planet’s surface… Read more
New Shepard’s Ninth Mission Tests High-Altitude Escape Ability
July 19, 2018 — Blue Origin performed a critical test on its New Shepard rocket this week – a high-altitude… Read more
First Space Junk Removal Satellite Deployed from ISS
June 25, 2018 — The first satellite with space debris-removal capabilities was launched from the International Space Station last week. … Read more
New Horizons Emerges from Hibernation to Prepare for Historic Flyby
June 11, 2018 — The New Horizons space probe has awoken from a six-month hibernation in preparation for its New… Read more
ExoMars Reveals First Images from Mars
May 3, 2018 — The European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has released its first images from… Read more
SpaceX Successfully Launches Powerful Falcon Heavy Rocket, Sends Tesla into Space
February 9, 2018 – SpaceX’s massive rocket, Falcon Heavy, the most powerful operational rocket on earth, successfully launched its first… Read more
