Raytheon has received a contract from the Air Force for nearly $270 million to produce 500 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles—for foreign military sales to Pakistan. The company must complete the work by April 2011.
The Air Force has finished resurrecting a B-1B Lancer, completing a yearslong process to transform a bomber that had been stored for parts in the Arizona desert into the new flagship of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.