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Raytheon Completes Upgrade of 1,000th Patriot Missile for US Army

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Monday, September 27th, 2010

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Raytheon [RTN] last week said it completed the 1,000th Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical (GEM-T) upgrade for the Army. "This low-cost alternative makes it possible for our partner nations to increase their air and missile defense capabilities utilizing their existing Patriot systems," Sanjay Kapoor, vice president of Patriot Programs at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) said. "We are proud of this production milestone, the capabilities of the combat-proven Patriot and the trust placed in us by our 12 partner nations." Earlier…

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