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Coast Guard Surveys Market For New Sources To Integrate HC-144 Aircraft

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Thursday, January 7th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard in late December issued a market survey notice to identify potential sources that could do the systems integration on the HC-144A Maritime Patrol Aircraft, which is based on an airframe supplied by the European Aeronautical Defence and Space Co. Lockheed Martin [LMT], through its Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS) joint venture with Northrop Grumman [NOC], currently is in charge of missionizing the HC-144A aircraft after they arrive in the United States from EADS' division…

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