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WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Raytheon Co. executive has alleged U.S. Army officials knew that one of the company's Patriot missile designs had a flaw in its targeting capabilities.
As part of a lawsuit by the family of a Navy pilot accidentally shot down by one of the missiles while serving in Iraq, Raytheon executive Daniel Roy Kirby alleged in a legal filing that army officials knew the flaw existed at the time of the accident, The Boston Globe said Wednesday.
Kirby alleged that before Navy pilot Nathan D. White's plane was accidentally shot down by the Patriot System in 2003, Army officials knew the system struggled to differentiate between friendly and enemy aircraft.
"Prior to April 2, 2003, the Army was aware that there had been documented instances in which the Patriot System in training, test, and/or combat failed to perform to operational requirements, including specifically its misidentification of friendly vehicles as enemy targets," Kirby alleged.
The Globe said that since White's family filed a $20 million lawsuit against Raytheon, the company has attempted to refocus the blame for the incident on the military.
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