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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The Netherlands awards Raytheon competitively bid laser-guided missile contract

The Netherlands awarded Raytheon Company a competitively bid contract for the combat-proven Enhanced Paveway II laser-guided munition (PGM).

The contract, which is a direct commercial sale for an undisclosed sum, will provide the Netherlands with 200 kits to convert 500-pound "dumb" bombs into the GBU-49, a precision weapon that has been used extensively in Iraq.

"The Netherlands' selection of Enhanced Paveway II provides its Air Force the world's only combat-proven, dual-mode, laser-guided weapon in production today," said Harry Schulte, VP of Raytheon Missile Systems' Air Warfare Systems product line.

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous23/4/08 09:12

    hmm bombs scare to to the core!

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