Raytheon to upgrade TV-guided Maverick air-to-ground missiles with laser guidance

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Missile designers at the Raytheon Co. are upgrading versions of the AGM-65 Maverick air-to-ground missile by replacing relatively old optical TV-guided seekers with late-model precision-guided laser sensors. Officials of the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., announced a $49.5 million contract to the Raytheon Missile Systems segment in Tucson, Ariz., to convert 500 GM-65A/B guidance control sections to an AGM-65E2 configuration.