Army, Air Force To Continue Discussions About Future Hellfire Buys

By Courtney Albon / November 9, 2012 at 2:44 PM
As the Army works to certify a new, more comprehensive variant of the Hellfire missile for use on its rotor-wing aircraft, the service is discussing with Air Force officials their future procurement plans for the missile. The Army's joint attack munition systems project office manages procurement among the other military services for the Hellfire missile and works with the services and prime contractor Lockheed Martin to develop new variants and address obsolescence issues. The Air Force's MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1...

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