Under the existing framework agreement with MBDA in France, Avio S.p.A. signed a production order for the supply of solid rocket motors and related aerodynamic surfaces for the ASTER 30 defense system, with a total value exceeding €55 million.
The order covers a three-year production period.
With this order, Avio confirms to play a central role in the European Defense, alongside MBDA Group, strengthening our contribution with an unprecedented continuously growing production capacity and responsiveness to increasing demand.
The Aster 30 is an advanced two-stage supersonic missile system for area defense against aircraft and missile attacks. Avio’s role in the program, under MBDA contract, was to design, develop, test and produce the following system components: propellant, igniter, motor case, fins, nozzle and Thrust Vector Control (TVC). Avio also developed the loading (thermal protection and propellant grain) of the sustainer, the second-stage motor of the Aster missile.
The Aster 30 first-stage booster, fully designed and produced by Avio at its facilities in Colleferro (Rome), is considered as one of today’s most powerful and technologically advanced solid-propellant rocket motors. It has a high strength filament winding case made from pre-impregnated carbon epoxy fiber and titan inserts.
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