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Lockheed Martin Approaching Key Space Fence Facility Construction

Pat Host

Friday, January 23rd, 2015

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Lockheed Martin Approaching Key Space Fence Facility Construction

Space Fence program view. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin [LMT], developer of the Air Force’s nearly multi-billion dollar Space Fence radar program, will begin key facilities construction in the next few months after performing a series of important reviews.Lockheed Martin Vice President for Advanced Systems Steve Bruce told Defense Daily Friday the company has a design review in February where it “walks through” the design with the Air Force, a “95-percent facilities design review” and a critical design review (CDR) in March.These reviews, Bruce said, will kick…

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