----- Original Message ----- From: Schantz, Susan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 3:13 PM Subject: Boeing News Release: U.S. Navy Awards Boeing MA-31 Quantity Procurement Contract > ST. LOUIS, Dec. 17, 1999 -- The U.S. Navy has awarded an $18.8 million > contract to The Boeing Company for procurement of 34 MA-31 target vehicles. > > > Concern about anti-ship missiles prompted the U.S. Navy to ask U.S. industry > for > a system to simulate anti-ship missiles to test its defenses. To maximize > realism and > minimize development and production costs, the Boeing Phantom Works proposed > the > MA-31 Target System in a concept exploration and definition study and > subsequently in > a highly successful foreign comparative test. > > "We wanted to provide the most realistic target possible at the lowest > possible > cost," said John Reilly, MA-31 program manager. "And that's just what we've > done." > > In negotiations completed last August, Russia agreed to convert 34 of their > X-31 > supersonic anti-ship missiles. Prior to delivery to Boeing, Zvezda-Strela, > makers of the > X-31 and partners with Boeing on the MA-31 project, will remove the warhead > and > other military components. The MA-31 target conversion is complete when > flight > termination systems, range tracking beacons and telemetry systems are > integrated into > the target at the Boeing facility in St. Louis. > > Since 1995, Boeing has converted 13 MA-31s into target vehicles and has > demonstrated their performance as a target system. The MA-31 target is > capable of > preprogrammed, sea-skimming and high altitude flight profiles at speeds up > to mach > 3.5. The MA-31 is 15 feet long, 14 inches in diameter and weighs 1,300 > pounds. > Deliveries to the U.S. Navy are scheduled to begin in 2001. > ### > > 99-206 > > Contact: > Patricia Frost > (314) 234-6996 > > Sue- > 314-233-5957 > S100-1195 > ============================================== Lista naval Para sair desta lista mande mensagem para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sem nada no Subject e com o comando a seguir no corpo da msg: "unsubscribe naval" (sem aspas) ==============================================
