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Raytheon Wins Contract for Weapon Guidance

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The US Air Force has awarded Raytheon Co. of Waltham, Mass., the maximum available share of three competitive contracts for the production of Paveway II laser-guided bomb components. The contracts include a 70 percent share of the fiscal 2004 bomb procurements for the US Air Force and Navy worth $116 million, and a stand-alone agreement to provide front-end guidance units to the Air Force. Fabricated for air-to-ground warfare, the Paveway bomb system incorporates computer control technology that detects and guides the unit to a target illuminated by an external laser source. The control...Read full article

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    Published: June 2004
    Businesscomputer control technologydefenselaser-guided bomb componentslight speedRaytheon Co.US Air ForceLasers

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