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...The industry has been dominated for decades by an oligopoly of century-old contractors, known as “primes”, such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon....
...Although fictional, the plane evokes Lockheed Martin’s SR-71, which in the 1960s set a speed record for a piloted jet aircraft of Mach 3.2, or 2,455mph....
...“It’s just amazing what they were able to do with slide rules,” says Chambers of Lockheed Martin....
...ULA — a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin — has been forced to develop a new system because its current main rocket, the Atlas V, depends on the Russian-built RD-180 engine....
...This month the sale of Sikorsky by United Technologies Corporation to the Lockheed Martin aerospace company was confirmed — and Lockheed’s mainly defence focus is unlikely to mean there will be a push for...
...ULA, formed in 2006 as a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, has not suffered a complete launch failure in 96 missions....
...Lockheed Martin’s Titan rocket system destroyed four separate satellites in explosions....
...ULA — a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin — currently holds a monopoly on national security launches....
...ULA is a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin and has a monopoly on the US national security launch business....
...“Quantity is the key to affordability,” says Steve O’Bryan, Lockheed Martin’s head of international strategy....
...The space symposium was the scene of an ugly row between United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin that handles all US military launches, and SpaceX, which could win certification...
...Since launches by ULA – a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing – are nearly all military, this effectively bans exports....
...Lockheed Martin’s C-130 has few real international competitors after more than 50 years in service with the US military....
...Lockheed Martin, CAE, BAE Systems, Boeing and QinetiQ were among the companies to express an interest in the contract....
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