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Aerojet Wins SLIRBM Engine Development Contract
Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2006 Aerojet has won a $4.96 million contract from the U.S. Navy's Strategic Systems Programs to develop a rocket motor over the next year for the Navy's new Submarine Launched Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile, the Sacramento Business Journal reported Monday. The newspaper described the SLIRBM as "a medium-range ballistic missiles to be launched from submarines" and "a next-generation armament intended to deliver a payload to a target as far as 1,100 miles away within 15 minutes of launch." The paper said the Navy "appeared to have dropped plans to equip the missile system to carry either conventional or nuclear weapons, and that it now is envisioned as a conventional-strike weapon, which could be fired from the same subs as sea-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles. "
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Raytheon Sensor Offers Air Force Early Missile Warning Alternative
El Segundo CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2006A payload consisting of a sensor with a focal plane array large enough to capture images of the entire earth from a geosynchronous missile warning satellite is in development by Raytheon Company under a $54.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. |
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