United States, Feb. 25 -- ST Engineering iDirect announced that its Manufacturing Competence Center (MCC), located in Erpe-Mere, Belgium, has been selected by Raytheon, an RTX business, to support the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM(R)) Block II program. This marks a significant milestone for the MCC, affirming it as a strategic European partner in the production of advanced defense technologies for one of NATO's most enduring cooperative security initiatives.Operational since 1968, the ESSM(R) program is the longest-running cooperative smart defense initiative in NATO's history and remains a cornerstone of international naval defense strategy.The MCC was selected because of its proven capabilities in managing high-complexity, high-mix pr...