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The U.S. Navy and Boeing [BA] are co-developing a ramjet flight demonstrator missile while the service works toward a future aircraft carrier-based weapon, the company said Tuesday. Boeing won a $30 million contract to co-develop the Supersonic Propulsion Enabled Advanced Ramjet (SPEAR) flight demonstrator with the Navy’s Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD). Boeing and the Navy said they plan to fly the SPEAR demonstrator in late 2022. “The SPEAR flight demonstrator will provide the F/A-18 Super Hornet and carrier…
