Manufacturing Parts and Assemblies for Missiles & Rockets

Supporting the Defense Industry With Experience & Quality

As technological advancements require more complicated and demanding manufacturing techniques to support defense systems, Primus has been at the forefront, applying decades of experience in machining and assembling complex missile components and exotic materials.

The Technologies Behind Missile and Rocket Production

Although missiles and rockets are used for different purposes, they share common technologies and platforms with which we are well-versed:

  • 5-axis geometries
  • tight tolerances
  • complex manufacturing plans

Common missile components we produce

  • Thruster Housings & Nozzles
  • Structures & structures castings
  • Canards and Fins
  • Nose Cones
  • Bodies
  • Shells
  • Rings and Collars (including connector rings)
  • Actuator Housings
  • Shafts
  • Closures
  • Ignitors
  • Ignitor closures
  • Manifolds
  • Struts
  • Rods
  • Valves
  • Wings
  • Safing and arming systems
  • Counter interception system components

Trusted by U.S. Defense Contractors

We’re partnered with several prime U.S. Defense contractors under preferred supplier relationships to support activities beyond the typical statement of work for outsourced manufacturing of missile components. 

Our long-standing relationships have generated success across multiple programs and end customers. We also collaborate closely with defense contractors on their development of hypersonic weapons platforms.


    U.S. Military missile and rocket systems we currently serve

    Air to air systems

    • AIM-9 Sidewinder
    • AIM-120 AMRAAM

    Air to surface systems

    • AGM-84 Harpoon
    • AGM-88 HARM
    • AGM-114 Hellfire
    • AGM-158 JASSM
    • SPICE 500, SPICE 1000,
    • SPICE 2000

    Surface to surface systems

    • FGM-148 Javelin
    • BGM-71 TOW
    • BGM-109 Tomahawk
    • RGM-84 Harpoon
    • Switchblade 300 & 60

    Anti Submarine systems

    • RUM-139 VL-ASROC
    • ICBM
    • LGM-30 Minuteman

    Surface to air systems

    • RIM-66 Standard
    • FIM-92 Stinger
    • MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3
    • MSE
    • RIM-156 Standard
    • Missile SM-2
    • RIM-161 Standard
    • Missile SM-3
    • RIM-162 Evolved Sea
    • Sparrow
    • RIM-174 Standard ERAM
    • SM-6
    • NASAMS
    • MIR / Iron Dome
    • David’s Sling / Kela
    • David
    • Arrow 2 & Arrow 3

    Submarine launched systems

    • UGM-133 Trident II
    • UGM-109 Tomahawk
    • UGM-84 Harpoon

    Testing and Quality Assurance

    Our stringent testing procedures and quality assurance programs ensure you receive only the highest-grade components for use in your systems. We have an extensive range of quality certifications and testing capabilities that uphold the quality of all our hardware.

    Our quality certifications and testing capabilities

    • Advanced Multi-System
    • Variance Analysis
    • Analysis of Variances (ANOVA)
    • Real-time Quality Analysis of Data
    • AS9102 FAI Reports
    • FMEA/pFMEA
    • Manufacturing Control Plans
    • Inspection Control Plans
    • PPAP – Level 1, 2 & 3
    • AS 9100:2016 certified
    • SPC
    • Gage R&R
    • Cpk/Ppk
    • GD&T Fluency
    • ISO 9001:2015 certification
    • Hi-pot testing
    • Conductivity and continuity testing
    • Helium leak checking
    • Soldering quality inspections