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Lockheed Martin Aims For New Year’s Day 2015 Space Fence Groundbreaking

Wednesday, October 15th, 2014

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] is aiming for a New Year’s Day 2015 groundbreaking for its $915 million Space Fence ground-based space situational awareness (SSA) radar, according to a company executive. Lockheed Martin Vice President for Advanced Systems Steve Bruce told sister publication Defense Daily Sept. 9 the company hit the ground running in early June after it prevailed over Raytheon [RTN] for the contract to supply the Air Force’s next-generation radar. Bruce said the company completed its software reuse demonstration; a…

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