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Air Force Successfully Tests AMRAAM With Nammo Rocket Motor

Monday, January 14th, 2013

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The Air Force Friday successfully live-fired an Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) with a Nammo-manufactured rocket motor, clearing the last hurdle for prime contractor Raytheon [RTN] to introduce the revamped missile into inventory. Air Force spokeswoman Chrissy Cuttita confirmed the successful test, adding an AIM-120C7 AMRAAM air vehicle instrumented was launched from an F-16 at Eglin AFB, Fla. Air Force spokesman Ed Gulick said Tuesday Nammo’s rocket motors would be also be installed on the AIM-120D as well as the…

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