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Business/Financial

Military To Buy New Generation Of Electro-Optical Satellites: DNI Office

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Monday, April 13th, 2009

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The Director of National Intelligence, with the Department of Defense (DOD), may acquire a new generation of electro-optical satellites that would cost billions of dollars, with the work likely going to Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT]. Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair announced that he and Pentagon officials put together a plan to modernize the nation's aging satellite-imagery architecture. This would involve satellites with less radical technology than the prior Future Imagery Architecture led by The Boeing Co. [BA] that…

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