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‘Flawless’ Modernized Patriot System Test Now Heads To Full-Rate Production

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

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A recent Army test of newly-produced major end items of Raytheon’s [RTN] Patriot Weapon System at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., verified system capability and now moves into full-rate production with the system available this year, company officials said. The recent system-level guided flight test of the new-production modernized Patriot is to provide an affordable, low-risk and rapid path to meet the warfighter’s current and future air and missile defense requirements. “The system’s flawless performance using all newly-built major end…

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