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MEADS Out, Poland Invites Raytheon To Take Part in Formal Missile Defense Procurement Process

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Tuesday, July 1st, 2014

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MEADS Out, Poland Invites Raytheon To Take Part in Formal Missile Defense Procurement Process

Patriot Fire Unit Photo: Raytheon

Poland yesterday said it has concluded the technical dialogue for its medium-range missile defense system called WISLA and invited Raytheon's [RTN] bid of Patriot and the EUROSAM Consortium's offering of SAMP/T to take part in the formal procurement process--eliminating the MEADS International industry team proposing the MEADS system. Also eliminated was a reported offering from Israel. "We are very pleased to be selected as a final contender for Poland's WISLA program," said Dan Crowley, president, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems in a…

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