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Northrop Grumman Integrating Upgraded MOP On B-2

Friday, February 15th, 2013

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] is integrating an upgraded version of Boeing’s [BA] bunker-busting Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) onto the B-2 stealth bomber, according to a Northrop Grumman executive. “It’s being integrated on right now, as a matter of fact,” Northrop Grumman Vice President and B-2 Program Manager Dave Mazur told reporters yesterday at a press conference in Washington. “The airplane will be ready for the new model when it comes.” Mazur said the company is doing ground testing this week and…

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