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Hellfire II Missile Production Extended Under $357 Million Army Contract

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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT], under HELLFIRE Services Limited Liability Company (HSLLC), will produce additional combat-proven Hellfirer II precision- strike, laser-guided air-to-ground missiles for U.S. and international armed forces under a $357 million Army contract. "Hellfire is a good precision fire weapon. We use it for many different applications because it's very versatile," Col. Mike Cavalier, Army Joint Attack Munition Systems project manager, said in a teleconference yesterday. Greece, France and the Netherlands also will benefit from the buy.…

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