By Geoff Fein Raytheon Co. [RTN] is hoping its experience in weapon systems and its partnership with The Boeing Co. [BA] will lead to a Navy contract to develop the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) for use onF/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter aircraft. The program, which began almost a decade ago as an Army effort to replace both TOW and Hellfire, migrated to a joint effort between the Army and Navy, with fixed wing aircraft becoming the driver for design, Steven…
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