Report: Companies Donated $170M to GOP Election Objectors
Corporations and industry groups have donated at least $170 million in recent years to Republicans who rejected President-elect Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump, according to a new report by a government watchdog group. read more >
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Lockheed Martin Strikes $4.4B Deal to Buy Aerojet Rocketdyne
Lockheed Martin is buying rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings for $4.4 billion in a deal that brings together companies that already had been working together in the aeronautics industry. read more >
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Lockheed Martin Breaks Ground on Camden Expansion
Lockheed Martin has broken ground on the first part of a $142 million expansion at its southern Arkansas facility that is expected to create more than 300 new jobs. read more >
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Lockheed Martin in Camden Lands $492M Contract for Missile Launchers
Lockheed Martin, a mainstay of South Arkansas' defense industry, will be building missile launchers and hardware in East Camden under a half-billion contract to supply the U.S. Army and Marines, as well as the militaries of Poland and Romania. read more >
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Lockheed Martin Gets $562M Contract for Missiles Made in Camden
Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Maryland, gets a $561.8 million production contract for Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles for the U.S. Army and Foreign Military Sales customers. read more >
Lockheed Martin Plans $142M Expansion in Camden, Will Add 326 Jobs
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and officials with Lockheed Martin announce that the company will expand its operation in East Camden, investing $142 million and hiring 326 new employees over the next few years. read more >
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In the Rockets’ Red Glare, Camden Workers Stand Out
Aerojet Rocketdyne cites area’s big defense tradition as it goes for ICBM contract. read more >
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Lockheed Martin Awarded $198M in C-130 Training Contracts
Lockheed Martin of Bethesda, Maryland, recently received six contracts, with awards totaling $198.4 million, to improve training for C-130 airmen and operators around the world. read more >
Lockheed Martin Announces $161M Army Contract
Lockheed Martin on Monday announced that it has received a $161 million U.S. Army production contract for the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missile. read more >
Lockheed Martin Wins $471M Contract to Produce Rockets
Lockheed Martin wins a $471 million contract from the U.S. Army for Lot 12 production of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rockets. read more >
5 Companies Earn Global Trade Awards, Proactive Approach Touted
The Arkansas District Export Council recognized five winners of the 2017 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Global Trade at its annual awards luncheon Wednesday at the Governor’s Mansion. read more >
Solar Power On the Rise in Arkansas
There’s nothing new under the sun? A quick glance around Arkansas, where solar power projects are popping up all over, shows just the opposite. read more >
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Cornelius Schnitzler: Air Industry Lifts Arkansas in Berlin
Cornelius Schnitzler is the director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission office in Berlin. The office, which opened in July, is the state’s base of operations in Europe, where it aims to maintain existing business relationships and cultivate new ones. read more >
Lockheed Martin Gets $331.8M Contract for Work in Camden, Dallas
Lockheed Martin received a $331.8 million contract from the U.S. Army for Lot 11 production of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rockets, the company announced Wednesday. Work will be performed at the Lockheed Martin facilities in Camden and Dallas. read more >
Lockheed Martin Gives SAU $20K Grant
Southern Arkansas University Engineering receives $20,000 from Lockheed Martin, a contribution that brings the total amount raised to SAU Engineering to more than $350,000. read more >
Lockheed Martin Drops Challenge Over JLTV Contract
Lockheed Martin Corp. has dropped its legal challenge of a multibillion-dollar military contract awarded to Oshkosh Defense. read more >
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Lockheed Martin to Produce More PAC-3 Missiles at Camden
Lockheed Martin has signed a $1.1 billion contract with the U.S. military for further production of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles and PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) missiles built at its Camden plant. read more >
DefenseNews.com: GAO Dismisses Lockheed Martin’s JLTV Protest
The Government Accountability Office has dismissed Lockheed Martin's protest of the U.S. Army’s decision to award Oshkosh a contract to build its Humvee replacement, DefenseNews.com is reporting. read more >
Lockheed Martin in Camden to Work $227M Contract
Lockheed Martin has won a $227 million contract from the U.S. Army for Lot 10 production of the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Unitary, and the first order of GMLRS Alternative Warhead production. read more >
Lockheed Martin Protesting Loss of JLTV Contract
Lockheed Martin says it's protesting the contract for a military vehicle it had hoped to assemble in south Arkansas being awarded to another company. read more >
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