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ATK Tips Lockheed For Navy Contract To Develop Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System

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Monday, August 15th, 2011

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The Navy last week picked ATK (ATK) and teammate BAE Systems over competitor Lockheed Martin [LMT] for a $109-million contract for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System (JATAS). The JATAS provides advanced missile warning capability, aircrew warning of laser-based weapon systems and hostile fire indication (HFI) for small arms, rockets, and other unguided threats. It will interface with the existing AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispensing System. The service awarded the contract on July…

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