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Lockheed Martin To Bid On MDA’s MRBM Target Program

Monday, January 30th, 2012

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The Missile Defense Agency released a pre-solicitation notice recently asking for information from industry addressing a Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) with a 2,000 kilometer target and a 600 kilogram payload. During a conference call with reporters recently, Lockheed Martin [LMT] Strategic and Missile Defense Systems President Salvatore Bruno said the company “intends” to bid on the program. Orbital Sciences [ORB], which builds small, medium and long-range target missiles, said that it will also compete for the program. The pre-solicitation…

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