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General Dynamics Gets $116.3 Million NASA Landsat Order

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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

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NASA yesterday gave General Dynamics Corp. [GD] a $116.3 million delivery order for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc., will be responsible for design and fabrication of the LDCM spacecraft bus, integration of the government furnished instruments, satellite-level testing, on-orbit satellite check-out, and continuing on-orbit engineering support. The firm also will provide a spacecraft/observatory simulator. LDCM is a component of the Landsat Program conducted jointly by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)…

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