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JAGM RFP Expected In Coming Weeks

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Monday, February 28th, 2011

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ORLANDO--A final request for proposals (RFP) for a next-generation air-launched guided missile is expected in the coming weeks, according to one of the companies competing for the work. The Pentagon is likely to release an RFP for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) program "in the next couple of weeks," Frank St. John, Lockheed Martin's [LMT] vice president for tactical missiles, said here recently. St. John said the two-month delay is due to some administrative changes within the Pentagon. "Some acquisition…

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