Missile Airframes

Products:       

•  Missile Flight Structures

Cobham's Role:

Development

• Tool Design
• Process Engineering
• Qualification

Production

• Full Rate Production to 10,000 Parts/Year

Core Manufacturing Processes & Materials:

• Compression Molding
• Epoxy, BMI

Successes:

• Developed & Qualified Processes
• Developed & Qualified High Volume Molding Cells
• Developed & Qualified Production Lines
• Met Production Ramp Requirements

JAVELIN is the U.S. Army's current generation man-portable medium-range close combat and anti-armor weapon system. At the inception of the program, Cobham developed composite components to replace aluminum baseline components to reduce weight and cost. Cobham developed and qualified the compression molding process, tooling and production line to meet high tolerance, quality standards and delivery requirements including sustained production of up to 125 parts per day. We have delivered over 150,000 parts on-time and have been singled out as supplier of the year in recognition of our high level of support to the program and on-time delivery and quality record. 

Cobham produces four compression molded parts for the JAVELIN missile system:  Mid-Body Housing, Guidance Electronic Unit, Control Actuator Housing and launch tube Aft Bearing Ring.