By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] and Boeing [BA] have wrapped up the first of three planned government-sponsored Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) firings at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., according to the companies. The first firing required lock-on-after-launch of the missile using the semi-active laser, one-third of the missiles tri-mode seeker, which is built by Raytheon. Although the focus of the first firing was the semi-active laser, the government required that all three modes of the seeker operate during the firing,…
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