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Space

Raytheon-Boeing Team Complete Key JAGM Milestone

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Monday, November 8th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic Prime contractor Raytheon [RTN] and its partner Boeing [BA] completed flight testing of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile's (JAGM) fixed-wing launcher and instrumented measurement vehicle (IMV) on the Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet aircraft, the companies said recently. Raytheon is competing against Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the contract, which could be worth upward of $5 billion over the life of the program. An IMV is the same size as a JAGM round and contains equipment that evaluates the…

Congress

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Budget

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

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