Missile Launch Validates Silent Eagle Weapons Bay

SILENT LAUNCH: Boeing launched an AIM-120 missile from a prototype conformal weapons bay (CWB) on its F-15E1 testbed aircraft on July 14. The 80-min. flight from Pt. Mugu, Calif., validated the flightworthiness of the CWB and deployment of the missile from the internal bay, the company says. The CWB...

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