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ⳮAir-to-Air—Air-to-Air provides air dominance capability for U.S. forces and international partners through its
family of air-to-air missiles and airborne sensors. Air-to-Air works on AIM-9X, a joint U.S. Navy and Air Force
program for the development and fielding of the latest member of the Sidewinder short-range missile family. It also
produces the HARM Targeting System and the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), a
state-of-the-art, highly dependable and battle proven air-to-air missile that also has a surface-to-air launch
application.
ⳮLand Combat—Land Combat provides missiles to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps and more than 40 U.S. allies
and focuses on accelerating the deployment of precision munitions capability to land combat forces and expanding its
mission support capabilities. Land Combat provides the Stinger weapon system for air defense, the Tube-launched
Optically-guided Wire-controlled (TOW) family with an upgraded version entering production of anti-armor and
anti-fortification weapons, the Javelin fire-and-forget anti-tank weapon and Excalibur, a new GPS-guided projectile
designed to provide organic indirect precision fires for ground forces. It is also developing the Non-Line of Sight
Launch System Precision Attack Missile, a networked weapon system for precise fires against moving and stationary
targets.
ⳮExoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV)—EKV focuses on producing the exoatmospheric kill vehicle, which is
the intercept component of the Ground Based Interceptor for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system designed
to protect the U.S. against limited ballistic missile attacks and is part of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).
The EKV consists of a multi-spectral sensor in a flight package, used to detect, discriminate and destroy incoming
warheads carrying weapons of mass destruction.
ⳮOther MS product lines include Kinetic Energy Interceptors (KEI), Advanced Missile Defense/Directed Energy
Weapons (AMD/DEW) and Advanced Programs. KEI focuses on designing and developing kinetic energy-based
missiles that can intercept and destroy enemy ballistic missiles during their boost/ascent and mid-course phases of
flight. AMD/DEW pursues opportunities in the missile defense and directed energy markets, including the
development of new missile defense solutions, NASA/space applications, modeling/simulation and discrimination
capabilities, high power microwave and high energy laser systems. Advanced Programs focuses on the development
and early introduction of next generation end-to-end system solutions, architectures and mission capabilities for the
warfighter.
Network Centric Systems (NCS)—NCS, headquartered in McKinney, Texas, develops and produces mission
solutions for networking, command and control, battle space awareness and transportation management. Major
programs include command and control systems, integrated communications systems, netted sensor systems and
homeland security, as well as civil applications and components to create these systems.
In 2007, NCS continued developing and expanding its international business and presence overseas. NCS had key
initiatives into adjacent markets including international and domestic border security, civil communications and first
responder interoperability as well as transportation solutions, including open road tolling. In addition, NCS was awarded
the U.S. Navy’s Multiband Terminal (NMT) contract to develop and produce an advanced satellite communication
system for seamless assured connectivity between a ship’s or submarine’s computer network and the Global Information
Grid.
NCS’ major customers include the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, and the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), as well as numerous international customers.
NCS has the following principal product lines:
ⳮCombat Systems (CS)—CS provides integrated ground-based surveillance and target engagement solutions
designed to provide a significant advantage to the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps warfighters. CS is developing
ground sensor capabilities for the U.S. Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, including the new Active
Protection System, a key element in the full-spectrum suite of “hit avoidance” technologies. In addition, CS provides
the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3), a long-range multi-sensor system which provides the
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