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NetFires LLC PAM Missile Prepares For Guided Test Flights

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Thursday, July 31st, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon [RTN] Missile Systems and Lockheed Martin [LMT] Missiles and Fire Control, announced a successful July 22 launch of another Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System (NLOS-LS) Precision Attack Missile (PAM), leading to the Guided Test Flight Phase, officials said. Scott Speet, executive vice president of NetFires LLC and Raytheon's NLOS-LS program director, said: "NLOS-LS is now ready to begin the guided flight test phase in September." NLOS-LS is one of the 14 Future…

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