 The Red Dean project was split off from the Red Hawk missile project in 1951 as a missile to be developed by Folland.Folland had been involved in the RTV.2 test vehicle, this and the recent appointment of Teddy Petter as chief engineer led to them being awarded the contract in mid 1951.Following problems with increasing size and weight as the design progressed, not to mention cost overruns and problems with the seeking head (being developed by E.K.