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Friday, July 31, 2009

Boeing-Developed Harpoon Missiles Feature Updated Guidance Control

RGM-84 HarpoonBoeing delivered the first four Harpoon Block II missiles equipped with a redesigned Guidance Control Unit (GCU), which provides growth capabilities and resolves obsolescence issues.

The missiles were delivered to the U.S. Navy for transfer to two Foreign Military Sales customers.

The new GCU, which controls most of the missiles' functions, incorporates a Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver to improve GPS security.

In addition, the GCU can accommodate possible future implementation of a data link for network centric operation.

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