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| U.S. military allows Raytheon to produce Standard Missile-6
TUCSON, May 23 () -- Raytheon has received approval from the U.S. Defense Acquisition Board for full-rate production of the Standard Missile-6."SM-6 is a game-changing, transformational fleet defense missile and we're on track to reach initial operating capability this year," said Wes Kremer, Raytheon Missile Systems' vice president of Air and Missile Defense Systems."This is a monumental moment for the SM-6 program and signifies a new era of fleet defense for our naval warfighters."The SM-6, which will be operational this year, provides extended-range protection against fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles. Low-rate initial production missiles took place in early 2011. Delivery of the full-rate production missiles is expected to begin in April 2015,[url=http://www.christianlouboutinonlineshop.de/]christian louboutin outlet[/url], Raytheon said.Raytheon has a new production facility at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama for the SM-6 as well as the SM-3. It was built at the cost of $75 million. |
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