A.V. LOSES WORK ON PLANE BOEING GETS PACT FOR OCEAN-PATROL CRAFT.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff WriterPALMDALE - Boeing will develop a new ocean-patrol aircraft out its 737 airliner, Pentagon Pentagon Huge five-sided building (1941–43) in Arlington, Va., that is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. Designed by George Edwin Bergstrom, it was, on its completion, the world's largest office building, covering 34 acres (14 hectares) and offering officials announced Monday, edging out a Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. proposal that had included work in Palmdale. Boeing's multimission maritime aircraft contract is potentially worth $15 billion over a 10-year production run and could employ some 1,600 people in Seattle, Maryland and St. Louis, Boeing said. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics aeronautics: see aerodynamics; airplane; aviation. Co. had proposed an updated version of its 1950s-era P-3 aircraft it called the Orion21. Had Lockheed Martin won the competition, it had planned to assemble the first planes in Palmdale. ``We are obviously disappointed by the decision,'' Lockheed Martin spokeswoman Dianne Knippel said. ``We believe our MMA (Microcomputer Managers Association, Inc.) A membership organization with chapters throughout the U.S. that was devoted to educating personnel responsible for personal computers. It disbanded in 1996. Mma - A fast Mathematica-like system, in Allegro CL by R. Fateman, 1991. solution met or exceeded all the specified key performance parameters and offered the best value to the Navy. We have requested and are anxiously awaiting the post-award debrief de·brief tr.v. de·briefed, de·brief·ing, de·briefs 1. To question to obtain knowledge or intelligence gathered especially on a military mission. 2. to better understand the basis for the decisions.'' The loss to Boeing will not cut Palmdale jobs, Knippel said. ``We still have a very good business base in Palmdale,'' Knippel said. The two proposals had been closely matched. Pentagon officials said one of the major reasons for choosing Boeing was the ability to tap into an existing aircraft production line to both build the aircraft and conduct future modifications. The Navy wants a maritime patrol Maritime patrol is the task of monitoring areas of water. Generally conducted by military and law enforcement agencies, maritime patrol is usually aimed at identifying human activities. aircraft that can conduct reconnaissance  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. and intelligence missions as well as anti-submarine and surface ship warfare. The Navy hopes to begin fielding the aircraft in 2013. The Navy wants 109 new multimission maritime aircraft to replace the aging fleet of 223 Lockheed-built P-3C Orion aircraft. The initial contract is for $3.9 billion to further develop the plane and to build the first seven aircraft. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com |
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