Engineering firm Ducommun has agreed to serve as a supplier for a majority of the programs within Raytheon’s missile systems business.

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Raytheon has teamed up with Ducommun to develop fire control platforms for the Naval Strike Missile designed for integration with U.S. Navy frigates and littoral combat ships. Production work on the fire control systems is slated to commence later this year at Ducommun’s facilities in Huntsville and Berryville in Arkansas, Raytheon said Monday. NSM is a long-range, […] More

Boeing has awarded Ducommun a two-year subcontract to manufacture position sensors for integration with the Trident Navigation System onboard the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class and U.K.’s Vanguard-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines. “This work builds upon our relationship with both Boeing and the U.S. Navy,” Anthony Reardon, chairman and CEO of Ducommun, said Tuesday. “We designed and […] More

Raytheon has awarded Ducommun Inc. contracts totaling $7.3 million to produce additional interconnect and electronic assemblies for the U.S. Navy‘s Tomahawk cruise missile. The company will build the assemblies at facilities in Missouri and Arkansas through 2016,  Ducommun said Thursday. “Ducommun is honored to continue providing support for the Tomahawk program going forward,” said Anthony Reardon, […] More

General Atomics plans to increase production of small satellites such as 6U Cubesats and 1,100-pound satellites for defense clients, Space News reported Thursday. “Since we’ve acquired Miltech we’ve done a lot of investment in taking the lessons learned from how we build and design those satellites to improve our current generation of satellite design,” Nick […] More