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March 31, 2021 | International, Land

Lockheed scores $1.1B contract to build US Army’s guided rocket on heels of extended-range test

Lockheed reaches a new distance in a test of its extended-range guided rocket in development with the U.S. Army, and mints a new billion-dollar contract to build another lot of the weapons.

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2021/03/30/lockheed-scores-12b-contract-to-build-us-armys-guided-rocket-on-heels-of-extended-range-test

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