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Army

Army Awards BAE Systems $179 Million Production Order For Missile Warning System

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, July 15th, 2020

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Army Awards BAE Systems $179 Million Production Order For Missile Warning System

BAE Systems has received $179 million from the Army to provide the first two production lots of its Limited Interim Missile Warning System, the company said Wednesday. The deal also covers initial fielding of its 2-Color Advanced Warning System (2CAWS) for LIMWS on select Army aircraft systems. “Threats are evolving and proliferating at a rapid pace and our aircrews who fly into harm’s way need the most advanced protection systems available,” Chris Austin, BAE Systems’ director of threat detection solutions,…

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Congress

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