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ATK Conducts Second Successful AARGM Operational Assessment Firing This Month

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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

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ATK [ATK], the U.S. Navy, and the Italian Air Force are now two for two in operational assessment missile firings of the company's AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM). The program should move into Milestone C and entry into Low Rate Initial Production this fall, a company spokesman told Defense Daily. Last week's second operational assessment firing follows one done earlier this month. Both were conducted at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif. The missile firing demonstrated AARGM's lethality…

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