Dervish was an unguided
air-to-air and
air-to-surface rocket developed by the
Northrop Corporation
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for use by the
United States Navy
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and
United States Army
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during the early 1950s. Originally intended as an air-to-air rocket to replace the
Mighty Mouse
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rocket, it was later expanded in role to also operate in an air-to-surface capacity. Spin-stabilized, in diameter, and powered by a
Thiokol
Thiokol (variously Thiokol Chemical Corporation(/Company), Morton Thiokol Inc., Cordant Technologies Inc., Thiokol Propulsion, AIC Group, ATK Thiokol, ATK Launch Systems Group; finally Orbital ATK before becoming part of Northrop Grumman) was an ...
TRX-126B
solid fuel rocket
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, in 1958 development of Dervish was resumed as a solely Army project, but no production ever emerged.
[Jacobs and Whitney 1962, p.46]
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Air-to-air rockets of the United States
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Abandoned military rocket and missile projects of the United States