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Friday, January 15, 2010

BAE wins missile contract

Long Range Land Attack Projectile BAE Systems has received a $185.3m (£114.2m) contract from the US Navy for the completion of qualification of the 155mm Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP).

The 155mm LRLAP is being developed for the US Navy DDG 1000 destroyer programme, a class of destroyers tailored for land attack and littoral dominance, and will be fired from the Advanced Gun System (AGS).

According to BAE Systems, the 155mm LRLAP is an all-weather, precision-guided munition that has demonstrated successful gun launch and engineering-guided flight to ranges in excess of 63 nautical miles.

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