Lockheed, Optics 1 get contracts. (Media & Technology).Optics 1 Inc. of Westlake Village 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. Corp. in Palmdale received separate U.S. Defense Department contracts this month. Optics 1 received a $12.3 million contract for designing and manufacturing imaging equipment for the U.S. Navy's AN/AAS-52 Multi-Sensor Targeting System. The work will be conducted at the company's headquarters and is scheduled to be delivered to the Naval Air Warfare Center The Naval Air Warfare Center was a former U.S. Navy military installation located in Warminster, Pennsylvania and Ivyland, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Navy purchased the grounds to establish this facility from the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation following its bankruptcy in the Aircraft Division in Lakehurst, NJ. by July 2003. Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $14 million contract to develop and provide sensor technology equipment for U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft fighter aircraft Aircraft designed primarily to secure control of essential airspace by destroying enemy aircraft in combat. Designed for high speed and maneuverability, they are armed with weapons capable of striking other aircraft in flight. . Other details were not available. Work will be done in Palmdale and is scheduled to be delivered to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 8,023 acres (3,247 hectares), W Ohio, NE of Dayton; est. 1917. One of the largest airport installations in the world, it is the air force's main research and development base, and the headquarters of the in Ohio by September 2009. |
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