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Orbital ATK Awarded $171 Million Order For U.S. And Australia AARGMs

Thursday, May 31st, 2018

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Orbital ATK Awarded $171 Million Order For U.S. And Australia AARGMs

Orbital ATK AARGM (AGM-88E)lLaunched from U.S. Navy F/A-18D Hornet. (Photo: Orbital ATK)

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Orbital ATK [OA] a $171 million modification on Wednesday, exercising an option to procure full-rate Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM) for the Navy and Australia.The modification covers full-rate Production Lot 7 AARGMs for the U.S. Navy and Australia. This order is for converting 271 Navy-provided AGM-88B High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) into 253 AGM-88E AARGM all-up-rounds (AURs), eight Captive Air Training Missiles, and 10 AGM-88E AURs for foreign military sales (FMS) customers.The AARGM is…

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