By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] is hoping its experience in weapon systems and its partnership with Boeing [BA] will lead to a Navy contract to develop the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) for use on Super Hornet aircraft. The program, which began almost a decade ago as an Army effort to replace both TOW and Hellfire, migrated to a joint effort between the Army and Navy, with fixed wing aircraft becoming the driver for design, Steven Ignat, director, business development advanced…
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