Next Generation Penetrator Design Awarded To ARA

B-2 Spirit, Stealth Bomber, heavy strategic bomber, stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses and GBU-57 MOP Contributor: Naeblys / Alamy Stock Photo
A B-2 drops a GBU-57 MOP.
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Applied Research Associations (ARA) will lead development of a Next Generation Penetrator (NGP) prototype munition for the U.S. Air Force, the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based company says. The Air Force’s Munitions Directorate selected the 36-year-old engineering firm to be the system design agent for...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

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