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Boeing, HAVELSAN Continue MoU For BMD Solutions

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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

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Boeing [BA] and Turkey's HAVELSAN, a leading software and systems company, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to continue pursuing solutions in regional and global ballistic missile defense, the companies said yesterday. The MoU extends an agreement inked in 2003, in which the two companies will jointly evaluate and develop opportunities in missile defense, drawing on their existing skills, technologies and capabilities. Boeing is the prime contractor for the U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense and Airborne Laser programs. In response…

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