By B.C. Kessner BAE Systems is sliding the timeline to the left for first deliveries of the company's Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) to the Marine Corps. "We are pulling out all the stops to get this system into theater as soon as possible next year," George Adamakos, BAE business development manager for APKWS, told Defense Daily. BAE signed a low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract with the Navy on July 30 for the low-cost guidance kit that transforms standard…
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