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Air Force Selects Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon Technologies for Hypersonic Cruise Missile Tech Design Program

The U.S. Air Force has indicated its intent to solicit design proposals from Boeing (NYSE: BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) for a hypersonic cruise missile technology that can be launched from a fighter or a bomber aircraft.

The service branch is asking all three contractors to submit statements that will describe their capabilities to build and integrate a solid rocket booster-powered missile system, according to a presolicitation notice posted Wednesday.

USAF expects to award 15-month contracts in the first quarter of the government’s 2021 fiscal year and noted that each contract will include systems requirement and preliminary design review efforts.

Contractors must provide responses via email by Aug. 20.

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