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July 18, 2013

Early hardware delivery enables deployment of crucial missile defense radar
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Jul 19, 2013
The Missile Defense Agency will soon have available a deployment-ready AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar to help counter the more than 6,300 ballistic missiles outside of U.S., NATO, Russian and Chinese control. Raytheon has delivered a cooling equipment unit (CEU) - a crucial component of the AN/TPY-2 radar - more than 14 months early, supporting demand for this critical missile defense asset. The early CEU delivery, and an MDA contract awarded for AN/TPY-2 logistics support, will ... read more

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