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Monday, November 3rd, 2008

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Raytheon Gains $441.9 Million Sole Source Multiple Kill Vehicle Contract The Missile Defense Agency gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] unit Missile Systems a sole source contract worth up to $441.9 million to develop and test the Multiple Kill Vehicle payload system, the Pentagon announced. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract will involve work performed in Tucson, Ariz. by December 2011. The contract will be incrementally funded. An initial year-long task order is valued at $54 million, for work running from Saturday to Nov.…

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