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AARGM Successfully Completes Final Missile Live Fire Test In SDD Phase

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Monday, September 14th, 2009

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By Geoff Fein ATK [ATK], the U.S. Navy and the Italian Air Force successfully launched and scored a direct hit on a simulated enemy air defense target during the final development test (DT) firing of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake on Aug. 7, the company reported Sept. 3. It's an incredibly important milestone, Jack Cronin, president, ATK mission systems, told sister publication Defense Daily recently. "It means we have shown our…

Pentagon

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Congress

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Army

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Unmanned Systems

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