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Boeing Wins Contract To Develop Advanced Sensor For Next-Generation Missile

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Thursday, October 11th, 2007

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By Michael Sirak The Air Force has tasked Boeing [BA] to develop sensor technologies for the air-launched dual-role missile that the service envisions to deal both with hostile aircraft and ground targets in coming decades, the company said last week. Under a $600,000 contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory, the company will mature the Seeker Integrated Target Endgame Sensor (SITES) as part of the broader lab- sponsored activities to advance critical component technologies for the future Joint Dual Role…

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