Netfires LLC, a joint Raytheon [RTN]-Lockheed Martin [LMT] venture, yesterday said it completed the first moving target test flight of the Non Line-of-Sight Launch System (NLOS LS) Precision Attack Missile (PAM). The NLOS-LS system, developed as part of the Army's former Future Combat System, is among the first of the maturing systems that will be fielded in a Spin Out to the Early- Infantry Brigade Combat Teams starting in 2011. The Navy is examining the system for emplacement on its…
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