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Lockheed Martin To Ramp Up Sniper Pod Production Rate

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Thursday, February 26th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic Orlando, Fla.--Lockheed Martin [LMT] will increase production of Air Force Sniper Pod targeting systems in the coming months to meet increased demand, officials here said yesterday. The current production rate is eight per month, with plans to increase to 10, said Mel Schubert, the production operations manager at the facility. Officials have previously said that the Orlando factory has the capacity to produce 12 units per month or more, depending on the need (Defense Daily, Oct. 2,…

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