The Navy authorized full-rate production (FRP) of BAE Systems’ laser-guided rocket system known as Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS), according to a company statement. BAE spokeswoman Karen Spiller said Monday in an email the company received the contract July 31 and immediately started work. Spiller said the first FRP deliveries will be in October and the company expects the next FRP option to be awarded by the end of 2012. APKWS converts the Hydra 70 unguided rocket into a…
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The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]
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The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]
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