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| Raytheon delivers first of ship-defense missiles |
| 2011-04-26 |
| Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems has delivered the first production copy of its next ship-defense missile to the U.S. Navy for final testing. The first Standard Missile-6, a longer-range version of the Standard Missile-2 series of ship-defense weapons, was delivered on time and on budget in March after five years of development, the company said Monday. The first missile is part of an initial batch of 89 missiles Raytheon is producing under a three-year, $368 million contract for low-rate initial production awarded last year. The range of the supersonic SM-6 is classified but is substantially longer than SM-2's official range of about 90 nautical miles. |
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| Posted by: SteveS 2011-04-26 19:21 |