U.S. Navy converting 500 TV-guided AGB-65s to laser guidance

The U.S. Navy has given Raytheon a $49 million contract to modify 500 AGM-65A/B TV-guided variant to an AGM-65E2 laser-guided configuration.

The conversion work is expected to be completed in 2017.

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