PARIS — Avio SpA, prime contractor for Europe’s medium-lift Vega rockets and a major contributor to the heavy-lift Ariane 6, booked more orders for solid-fueled missile production in the first six months of 2024 than for either of the space-launch programs.
The missile orders were mainly from European missiles. But the recently established Avio USA, now cleared for U.S. defense work and led by former Missile Defense Agency Director James Syring, booked contracts with Raytheon for solid-rocket motors and with the . . .
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