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 | | The cannon is based on the BK27 cannon developed by Mauser, which arms the Panavia Tornado Boeing; Mauser-Werke Oberndorf of Germany; Primex Technologies, Inc; and Western Design will develop, jointly, the 27mm cannon system for Boeing's X-32. |
 | | Boeing's two X-32 concept demonstrators will be used to meet three primary objectives: demonstrate commonality across the variants as well as the commonality of design and build processes; demonstrate the Boeing concept for STOVL propulsion, hover and transition modes; and demonstrate the Boeing concept for low-speed carrier approach. |
 | | Boeing is building two X-32s, each of which will fly in 2000 as part of a JPO demonstration focused on critical design characteristics. |
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