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NAVSEA award takes ESSM Block 2 into full-rate production

by Richard Scott

The US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has awarded Raytheon Missiles & Defense a contract worth up to USD1.28 billion for full-rate production (FRP) of the Block 2 variant of the Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) ship self-defence missile.

An evolution of the in-service RIM-162 ESSM Block 1, the Block 2 all-up-round replaces the legacy guidance section and introduces a new dual-mode active/semi-active X-band radar seeker.

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