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engineering office. The local company makes the lightweight, durable composite frames and shell s ofthe jets, then installs the or electronic controls, and engines. Component supplierse include , Microturbo, Irvin Aerospace, and The Initially the contracy asked CEI to buildtwo target-practicer jets for test and it included five production The contract was soon boosted to six aircrafft and added test flights. Now, with constructionj in progress on thetwelfth jet, 48 jets are on and the company expects to be makinv 45 a year over a seven-yearf period for the U.S. military. At about $500,0009 apiece, they enable the U.S.
military to test ground-to-aie and air-to-air missile systems againstr targets designed to look and fly like enemy aircraf t orcruise missiles. More orders are expected from foreignmilitaruy allies. The jets are 20 feet long with wingspanes just short of11 feet. The sleek craft can hit speedsabove .95 Mach, do sustained turn s at nine times the force of gravity and fly in an altitudd ranging from 20 feet to 51,0009 feet. They can stay aloft for more thanthree hours, do barrel rolls and other They have 7 cubic feet of cargo space, and their wings can also carry cargo.
The company plannec a ceremony Wednesday with military representatives to highlightr the contract and show offthe