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Business/FinancialBallistic Missile Defense Programs Comprise 10 Percent Of Lockheed Revenues
Sales of ballistic missile defense systems and components have grown to make up 10 percent of the revenues in Lockheed Martin [LMT], the largest defense contractor, a senior official said […]
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Business/Financial
Launches
Space Shuttles For Hubble Mission, Standby, Unharmed By Storm; Shuttle Atlantis Still Set For Liftoff At 1:34 A.M. ET Oct. 8 Tropical Storm Fay, despite its drenching deluge that flooded […]
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Business/Financial
Contracts
Lockheed Gains $357 Million Hellfire II Production Contract The Army gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $357 million deal to produce more Hellfire missiles, the company announced today. They will […]
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SpaceTests Completed On Key Part For J-2X Engine In Ares Rocket
Engineers finished testing the workhorse gas generator in the J-2X engine, in the upper stage of the next-generation Ares I rocket, NASA announced. The Ares will loft the future U.S. […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Terminates Flight of ATK Experimental Rocket At Wallops
By Calvin Biesecker NASA on Friday destroyed an Alliant Techsystems [ATK] suborbital rocket carrying two experimental payloads moments after liftoff from Wallops Island, Va., after the launch vehicle veered off […]
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Interoperability Seen As Key To Future Fighter Platforms
By Marina Malenic Network integration of fighter aircraft is fast becoming the central effort of the fighter defense industrial base, a top Air Force official on the Joint Strike Fighter […]
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Defense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Accepted. InSurv has recommended the Navy take delivery of Lockheed Martin’s LCS-1. "We will determine what corrections are required […]
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Navy/USMCBrogan: Competitive Prototyping For Large Acquisition Programs Will Pay Off
By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps’ top equipment buyer predicts a nascent Pentagon policy requiring multiple, competitive prototypes in the early stages of large weapon-system programs will yield more cost […]
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InternationalThales Validates Watchkeeper UAV Automatic Take-Off And Landing
Thales UK confirmed meeting another milestone for the Watchkeeper program with the validation of the unmanned aerial vehicle’s automatic take-off and landing system, MAGIC ATOLS. Watchkeeper will provide the U.K. […]