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The head of Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engine program was forced to leave the company along with nine other employees after an internal audit uncovered an ethics issue linked to a visit by South Korean military officials several years ago.
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Lockheed Martin’s Chief Executive Officer Marillyn Hewson has met incoming U.S. President Donald Trump for a second time and later told reporters that her company is “close to a deal” to bring down the cost of its F-35 program.
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Russian Helicopters announced that the firm has secured a contract with Kazakhstan for the delivery of four Mi-35M gunships in 2018.
Almost a year after proposing to have its Aegis system installed on board the U.S. Navy’s next San Antonio-class Amphibious Transport Dock, Lockheed Martin says there are “some chatter and interest” coming from the Navy on that effort.
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