Applications / Defense & Missile Systems
Defense & Missile Systems
Lightweight Composite Hardware for Demanding Defense Programs
- U.S.-based manufacturing
- Compact pressure storage
- Program-focused qualification
Composite Hardware. Program-Focused Support.
Defense systems require reliable hardware, domestic manufacturing, rapid development and disciplined qualification. Steelhead supports missile, interceptor, tactical, autonomous and mission-support applications with composite pressure vessels, rocket motor casings, diaphragm accumulators and program-focused engineering.
Three Capabilities. One Program Conversation.
Explore pressure storage, composite structures and fluid management, then review the right configuration with Steelhead’s engineering team.
Type III Aerospace COPVs
Pneumatic, pressurant & stored-gas systems
Compact Type III platforms for tactical, autonomous and other weight-sensitive aerospace requirements.
Composite Casings & Tubes
Cylindrical structural hardware
High-level public capability information for propulsion and defense structures.
Command MicroForce
Composite diaphragm architecture
Lightweight fluid-management hardware for weight-restricted aerospace and defense applications.
Actual Steelhead hardware. Phoenix represents the Type III family; the MicroForce image shows a 1 L configuration. Images are not to scale.
Qualification, production acceptance and test support are tied to the specific program. Public capability information is kept separate from restricted customer designs, technical details and installation imagery.
Program-focused engineering
Engineering, Manufacturing & Test, Connected
Bring the program’s pressure-storage or fluid-management requirement to Steelhead. Domestic manufacturing and program-focused engineering support the path from development hardware through qualification and production.
Start With the Mission Requirements
Share the pressure, gas or fluid, volume, envelope, mass target, operating environment, interfaces, qualification basis, quantities and schedule. Steelhead can help identify an existing platform or define a development path.
Application & contents
The mission, gas or fluid, and intended function.
Pressure & volume
Operating pressure, stored volume and duty cycle.
Mass & packaging
The available envelope, mass target, ports and mounting.
Environment & qualification
Operating environment, qualification basis and applicable requirements.
Hardware & quantities
Prototype needs and anticipated production quantities.
Program schedule
Development milestones and target delivery dates.
Start with the requirement
Bring Us the Mission
Talk with Steelhead’s aerospace engineering team about your application, priorities and next step.