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Article: Canada: Magellan Aerospace Wins Lockheed Martin Orion Contract.
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- July 11, 2008
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Byline: kusumv03
Magellan Aerospace has been awarded a contract to build the development heat shields for the Orion Space Shuttle replacement program by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Division in Denver, Colorado. Magellan's Aeronca facility in Middletown, Ohio, will develop the lightweight titanium honeycomb heat shield panels that help protect the space capsule from the temperature extremes experienced during re-entry. This US $12M contract includes engineering, tooling, hardware, and fabrication of two development heat shield panels.
In October 2007 Aeronca, Inc. was selected as the supplier of choice for
the heat shields for the Orion ...