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Moog, Inc. Announces Its Selection by L3Harris for Armed Overwatch

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, October 18th, 2022

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Moog, Inc. Announces Its Selection by L3Harris for Armed Overwatch

The cockpit of an AT-802U Sky Warden (L3Harris Photo)

New York-based Moog Inc.[MOG-A, MOG-B] said on Oct. 18 that L3Harris Technologies [LHX] has chosen Moog's space and defense segment to provide the Moog weapon Stores Management System (SMS) for U.S. Special Operations Command's Armed Overwatch program. On July 31, SOCOM awarded L3Harris a contract worth up to $3 billion for Armed Overwatch (Defense Daily, Aug. 1). Under the contract, L3Harris is to build 75 of the company’s AT-802U Sky Warden aircraft through July 2029. SOCOM wants four squadrons of…

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