Magellan continues making fins for Standard Missile
Magellan Aerospace is providing complex missile fin components for the Standard Missile (SM) programme, under a new $61.4 million contract from Raytheon Missiles and Defense.
The heat-tolerant surface control assemblies will be manufactured in Middletown, Ohio, with a delivery schedule until 2024.
Canada-based Magellan has participated in the Standard Missile programme for more than 20 years, supplying dorsal fins for various SM configurations.
Raytheon was awarded a multi-year deals by the DoD in late 2020 to provide engineering and product support management, material and services for SM-3 and SM-6.
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