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Boeing Pursuing Army’s Stinger Missile Replacement Program

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, October 11th, 2022

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Boeing Pursuing Army’s Stinger Missile Replacement Program

Rendering of Boeing's offering for the Army's Next Generation Short Range Interceptor program to find a Stinger missile replacement. Photo: Boeing.

Boeing [BA] is pursuing the Army’s Stinger missile replacement program and will propose a solution it says offers up to three times the lethality capability of the current surface-to-air weapon system. Jim Leary, Boeing Missiles and Weapons Systems’ senior director for business development, told Defense Daily on Tuesday the proposal for the Next Generation Short Range Interceptor program is designed to meet the Army’s call for a high-technology readiness level solution by utilizing components from weapons in Boeing’s current portfolio.…

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