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Raytheon Redesigns Circuit Cards, Part Of Modernizing AN/TPY2 Radar

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Friday, June 21st, 2013

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Raytheon [RTN] said it completed the redesign of eight circuit card assemblies for a U.S. Middle East security partner Foreign Military Sales (FMS) AN/TPY-2 radar. This moves that security partner another step closer to an enhanced ballistic missile defense capability as the redesigned cards are part of the continuing and comprehensive AN/TPY-2 modernization effort, the company said at the Paris Air Show. That FMS customer is likely the United Arab Emirates, which in 2011 became the first, and to date…

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