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How a new missile has brought back the lost era of US Navy Top Gun dominance
an air-launched version of the Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) from the same company. In early July, the Navy circulated the first photos of big, heavy 22-foot AIM-174Bs under the wings of Boeing F/A ...
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U.S. Approves Standard Missile-6 Sale for Japan’s Aegis Destroyers
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of 150 SM-6 Block Is (Standard Missile-6 Block I), worth $900 million, for Japan as part of a BMD (Ballistic Missile Defense) effort in the Pacific ...
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RTX's Arm Wins a $333M Contract to Aid Standard Missile-6 Program
RTX Corporation’s RTX unit, Raytheon, recently secured a $333.3 million contract for facilitating the full-rate production of Standard Missile-6 (SM-6). RTX will also supply spares and a round ...