Avio is committed to the joint Italian-French program for the development and production of ground-to-air missiles Aster 30. Avio used its best technologies in the development of main components. For the high-performance Aster 30, the two stages Hypersonic Missile for land defence from air raid and missile attacks, Avio designed, and currently produces the high technology complete booster. The casing, made with the Filament Winding (wrapped carbon fibres) technology, is made of pre-impregnated epoxy resin with carbon filaments and is structurally integrated with metal/carbon fibres tabs, which can resist the thermal-structural high loads induced by the missile hypersonic speed (Mach 4.5). The two nozzles for the thrust vector control (TVC) were completely developed by Avio. They are activated by four servo-controlled actuators powered by a high-power supply (HPS), which transforms the internal combustion gas of the engine in oil pressure, making unnecessary to store other energy. The Aster 30 is considered one of the more powerful and technologically advanced solid propellant engines in the world and is one of the few qualified anti-rocket systems currently existing.
Avio also produces sensors blocks and torpedoes guidance systems.
