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Air Force, MDA Ink Agreement On New Ballistic Missile Program

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Monday, March 28th, 2011

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The Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency have reached an agreement to collaborate on the development of a next-generation ballistic missile interceptor, a senior industry executive said recently. Edward Miyashiro, vice president and deputy general manager of Raytheon [RTN] Missile Systems, said service and agency leaders signed a memorandum of agreement to explore design and development of the Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE) earlier this month. Raytheon has been developing the NCADE system for a number of years,…

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