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Livermore Moving to Minimum Safe Operations as Surrounding County Locks Down to Combat COVID-19
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California is transitioning to minimum-safe operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a move that by next Monday will sharply shrink staffing levels and […]
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ArmyBell, Sikorsky-Boeing Moving Forward In Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft Program
The Army on Monday evening announced it has selected Bell’s [TXT] V-280 Valor and Sikorsky [LMT] and Boeing’s [BA] SB-1 Defiant to move forward in its Future Long Range Assault […]
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UncategorizedFormer Nuke Weapons Plant Disinfected; DoE Limits Travel to ‘Mission-Critical’ Trips on Virus Fears
An office building used by one of the main contractors for the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state has been disinfected after an employee was tested for the […]
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Business/FinancialHewson Retiring As Lockheed Martin Chief; American Tower CEO Taiclet Tapped To Succeed
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday said that Marillyn Hewson on June 15 will retire as president and CEO of the nation’s largest defense contractor and be succeeded by James Taiclet, […]
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Missile DefenseFirst 10 LRDR Panels Delivered To MDA Alaska Facility
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has delivered the first 10 Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) antenna panels to the Missile Defense Agency’s facility in Clear, Alaska, the company said this week. The […]
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ArmyAUSA Cancels Global Force Symposium Due To Coronavirus
The Association of the United States Army said Tuesday it has canceled the Global Force Symposium and Exposition set to take place next week in Huntsville, Alabama. The organization’s decision […]
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Business/FinancialParsons, Adaptive Launch Solutions In Strategic Partnership For Space Market
Parsons [PSN] on Wednesday said it has extended its partnership with teammate Adaptive Launch Solutions (ALS) for additional satellite integration work beyond a Space Force small satellite integration contract that […]
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CongressSASC Chairman Inhofe Announces Bid for Another Senate Term
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) officially announced his decision to run for re-election in 2020 in a high-flying campaign video released March 5. “I always said […]
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UncategorizedAir Force Requests More Than $50 Million for C-5 Avionics-Related Upgrades
The Air Force’s fiscal 2021 budget requests more than $50 million in avionics-related upgrades for the service’s fleet of 52 Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-5M Super Galaxy transports, including 36 in […]
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UncategorizedNorthrop Grumman Partners with DARPA for Robotic Servicing Mission
SpaceLogistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman [NOC], has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as its commercial partner for the agency’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program. Northrop […]
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