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Lockheed Martin workers who are on strike say they are willing to stop work for a long period as one union official warned that the negotiations with the company will take more than three-weeks.
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A F-35A completed the program’s first in-flight refueling mission while configured with external weapons on Apr. 21 at Edwards Air Force Base.
Lockheed Martin photo by Tom Reynolds
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Workers at Lockheed Martin’s assembly line in Fort Worth, Texas have gone on strike over proposed changes to health care benefits and pension plans.
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The Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV-2) went into self-destruct mode after three minutes into its flight as the flight control system was overwhelmed by aerodynamic forces created when the skin of the projectile peeled off at high speeds.
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Northrop Grumman signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Sixth National Radar Seminar in Bali, Indonesia with PT Industri Telekomunikasi Indonesia and the Research Centre For Electronics And Telecommunications of The Indonesian Institute Of Sciences to facilitate collaboration on pending ground-based radar opportunities in Indonesia.
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