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U.S. Missile Industrial Base Sees International Partner 'Paradigm Shift'

/ November 19, 2010 at 8:52 PM
The U.S. missile defense industrial base has seen a significant shift in the way it brokers international deals, a change that could cause the Army to re-evaluate its acquisition strategies moving forward, according to an industry official. "This is a paradigm shift, and this is something that's very, very important," said Tim Glaeser, Raytheon vice president of integrated air and missile defense, in a Nov. 17 interview. "Ten or 15 years ago, international partners just wanted to buy U.S. goods...

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