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Industry Teams Shaping Up For Air Force Space Test Range Contract

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Monday, April 25th, 2011

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Several industry teams have announced their intent to compete for an upcoming Air Force space launch and test range contract. Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said it has teamed up with URS Corporation [URS] and InDyne to pursue the Launch & Test Range System Integrated Support Contract (LISC), which the Air Force expects to award sometime next year. The group will be known as CoRE, or Consolidated Range Enterprise. Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon [RTN], also…

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