Boeing backs extended-range Harpoon to stave off Kongsberg threat

By 2016-05-12T16:01:12

An F/A-18 carries the new Harpoon Block II+ missil

The US Navy will wrap up developmental free flight testing of the datalink-equipped Boeing Harpoon Block II+ sea-skimming, anti-ship missile next week, ahead of fielding on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet sometime between June and August of 2017.

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