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Raytheon Delivers RAM to Mexico, South Korea Tests SM-2

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018

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Raytheon Delivers RAM to Mexico, South Korea Tests SM-2

The Block 2 version of the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) during testing. (Photo: Raytheon)

Raytheon [RTN] delivered its first Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launcher to Mexico this week and saw its Standard Missile-2 destroy aerial test threats in summer South Korean exercises, the company said Tuesday.The RAM delivery is the first to any Latin American country and is part of Mexico’s long-range off-shore patrol (POLA in Spanish) vessel program.The POLA vessel, the future ARM Reformador (F101), is based on Damen Shipyards SIGMA 10514-class frigate and is planned to be delivered and commissioned in 2020.Mexico…

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