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Navy Issues Final RFP For New Over-the-Horizon Missile

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

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Navy Issues Final RFP For New Over-the-Horizon Missile

A Harpoon Block IC missile is launched from the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS-4) in July 2016. (U.S. Navy photo)

The Navy late Feb. 8 issued a final request for proposals (RFP) for the Over-the-Horizon Weapon System (OTH-WS), a new missile intended to give the Littoral Combat Ship and the Future Frigate a “longer reach” against ship targets.The Navy says it needs the missile because potential adversaries are developing long-range, anti-ship weapons of their own, which will require LCS and FF to stand off at greater distances to stay out of harm’s way.Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] confirmed Feb.…

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