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JLENS Passes Critical Design Review

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Monday, November 24th, 2008

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The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) conducted critical design readiness reviews (CDRR) on its final two prime items, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Those final items were the surveillance radar (SuR) and the communications and processing group (CPG). Both are key milestones in the Army program. "The SuR and CPG [reviews] demonstrate the maturity of the design is where we need it to be and reaffirms our continued confidence that this critical cruise missile defense…

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