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Navy Awards ATK $67 Million Contract For Aircraft Missile Warning Components

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Monday, October 25th, 2010

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By B.C. Kessner ATK [ATK] has received a $67-million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Navy for the production of AAR-47 Missile Warning System Weapon Replaceable Assemblies (WRAs). "There is no greater accomplishment than providing the warfighter with a reliable, battle-proven, low-cost, missile and laser warning capability," Matt Lehtonen, deputy program manager for the PMA-272 Aircraft Survivability Equipment Branch at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), said Wednesday in a statement. ATK's AAR-47 is an electronic warfare system…

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