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Defense Watch: AMRAAM Contract, KC-46s To Travis, New Counterterrorism Bill

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, January 3rd, 2020

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Defense Watch: AMRAAM Contract, KC-46s To Travis, New Counterterrorism Bill

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AMRAAM. The Air Force awarded Raytheon a $768 million contract to produce AMRAAM missiles and associated spares, hardware and training systems for 22 FMS customers. Work for the Lot 33 contract will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed in early 2023. FMS customers involved include Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey and United Kingdom. KC-46s to Travis. The…

Congress

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Army

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