Magellan continues making fins for Standard Missile
Surface control assemblies to be provided to Raytheon until 2024.
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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