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Navy/USMC

MBDA’s Viper Strike Scores Direct Hits From Marine Corps Aircraft

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

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MBDA Inc. yesterday said its GBU-44/E Viper Strike munition scored multiple direct hits from a Marine KC-130J Harvest HAWK aircraft during developmental testing at Naval Air Warfare Center’s China Lake, Calif., Weapons Station. MBDA Inc. is the wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of missile maker MBDA, which is jointly held by BAE Systems with 37.5 percent, European Defence and Space Co. (EADS) with 37.5 percent and Finmeccanica with 25 percent. MBDA bought Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Viper Strike business last year (Defense Daily,…

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