TRW's entry in a competition for the NMD kill vehicle was rejected in favor of an alternative, using different technology, being built by Hughes (now a subsidiary of Raytheon Corporation).

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Unlike Raytheon, number-six ranked Northrop Corporation was facing a real crisis in 1991.

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Raytheon will be working on this project with the Sierra Nevada Corporation, the University of Arizona, and SRI International.

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