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Lockheed Martin To Supply Coast Guard With Additional HC-144 Aircraft Under Contract

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Friday, December 19th, 2008

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a $147 million contract from the Coast Guard to supply three HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircraft and five Mission System Pallets (MSP). The contract will raise to 11 the number of HC-144A maritime patrol aircraft and eight MSPs in the Coast Guard's inventory. Last month the service accepted the sixth aircraft. The HC-144A is equipped with surface-search radar, an electro-optical/infrared imaging system, classified SIPRNET connectivity and VHF/UHF radio communications. The roll-on, roll-off MSPs give the HC-144A…

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