(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Milano, 6 mar - Avio, the Italian company specialized in space propulsion, said it has been awarded a three-year contract worth about 65 million dollars for the development, qualification and initial production of a solid rocket motor for air defense applications.

The contract was awarded by Defense Systems and Solutions, a joint venture between Yulista Integrated Solutions and Science and Engineering Services, acting as a prime contractor for the US defense department.

Avio said that the contract leverages off its current capabilities in its Colleferro site outside of Rome, although the transition to full series production of the solid rocket motor from 2029 onwards could also make use of its US site, "ensuring a complete US-domestic missile system while at the.

same time providing robustness to overall US supply basis."

(RADIOCOR) 06-03-26 09:59:06 (0184) 5 NNNN