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Company Watch - Lockheed Martin.


Sep 17, 2007

Engineers boost useful life of old satellites. Scientists at Purdue University Purdue University (pərdy`, -d`), main campus at West Lafayette, Ind.  and 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.
 have figured out how to extend the lives of older communications satellites by redistributing propellant pro·pel·lant also pro·pel·lent  
n.
1. Something, such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel, that propels or provides thrust.

2.
 in their fuel tanks. The method was tested on two communications satellites launched in 1991. The remaining life of the satellites was increased from six to nine months to about two years. A researcher said the longer life brought in an additional $60 million in revenue for the broadcast companies that owned the satellites. Sep 11, 2007

Lack of spares dogs Polish F-16s. The Polish air force Polish Air Force (Siły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, Siły Powietrzne RP). Until 1 July 2004 it was officially known as: Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej (literally: Air and Air Defence Forces, the name existing from 1990).  has integrated the mission control software and improved the availability rate of its Lockheed Martin F-16 fleet Sep 10, 2007

Lockheed gets green light to modify GPS for L5 test Lockheed Martin Space Systems Lockheed Martin Space Systems is one of the 4 major business divisions of Lockheed Martin. It is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

From a rich history of major companies Lockheed Martin has brought them together to offer design, integration, and production of:
 has been given the go-ahead by the US Air Force. Sep 10, 2007

Lockheed passes key milestone for 2008 GPS demo SATNAV satnav
Noun

Motoring informal satellite navigation
 Lockheed Martin Space. Sep 10, 2007

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