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[February 2010]
Ceradyne Receives Phase I Award for Next Generation Ceramic Missile Radomes
Ceradyne Inc (Costa Mesa, CA, USA) has been awarded a US$342,000 research phase I contract by NAVAIR (China Lake, CA, USA) to develop a next-generation high performance ceramic missile radome. The material will be a variation of Ceradyne’s silicon nitride (Si3N4) advanced ceramic technology. Ceradyne intends to subcontract certain tasks to the Boeing Corporation.
Dr Biljana Mikijelj, Ceradyne R&D Director, is the principal investigator on this programme. Dr Mikijelj stated: “We are very pleased to have received this research award in order to develop next-generation ceramic missile radome materials. Ceradyne’s Scottdale plant is a dedicated state-of-the-art production ceramic radome facility producing not only the ceramic missile radome blank, but the high-precision diamond-machined finished component.
“Although phase I will be completed in 2010, we anticipate other phases over a 3-year period will be awarded.”
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