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
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
Aireon One Step Closer to Transforming Global Air Traffic Surveillance
January 30, 2018 — Aireon is in the process of deploying the world’s first global space-based air traffic surveillance system,… Read more
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Spacecraft Successfully Completes Eighth Mission
December 21, 2017 – Orbital ATKs Cygnus spacecraft, the S.S. Gene Cernan, successfully completed its eighth cargo supply mission to… Read more
