Pentagon orders 15 GQM-163As

The Pentagon has given Orbital Sciences Corp a $46 million contract for 15 full-rate production Lot 13 GQM-163A Coyote supersonic sea skimming target base vehicles.


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One of them will be diverted to the Army for it to test its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, Limited User Test target system.

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