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Northrop Grumman Wins $81 Million Contract For AARGM New Technology

Thursday, September 3rd, 2020

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Northrop Grumman Wins $81 Million Contract For AARGM New Technology

An AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM) impacting target. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] an $81 million contract on Aug. 31 to develop new technology for the AGM-88 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) family of weapon systems. “The contract will provide for the development of new technology to expand mission effectiveness for both AARGM, currently in production, and the extended range variant currently in development,” company spokeswoman Nancy Stoehr-Campbell told Defense Daily in a statement. The contract announcement underscored it provides for technology demonstrations, product improvement initiatives, technology…

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