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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

U.S. Navy is evaluating MBDA’s Dual Mode Brimstone for its F/A-18 Super Hornet jets

CGI of an F/A-18E Super HornetNavy Recognition has learned that the U.S. Navy is beginning environmental and integration analysis of the UK’s combat proven Dual Mode Brimstone missile for F/A-18 Super Hornets.

This activity is funded and being managed by the US Navy. Additionally, two recent positive reports from committees of the U.S Congress have expanded the funding in Fiscal Year 2015 by $10M for Dual Mode Brimstone on F/A-18s and asked for the Secretary of Defense’s views on dual mode missile technology.

This news is matched by the UK MOD funding BAE Systems 5M British Pounds to begin an integration analysis of Dual Mode Brimstone on the Eurofighter Typhoon.

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