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Article: Lockheed Martin to Begin Work on Hybrid Launch Vehicle for U.S. Air Force.
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- May 8, 2006
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DENVER, May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $2.5 million contract by the U.S. Air Force for the Hybrid Launch Vehicle (HLV) Studies and Analysis program. Part of the Operationally Responsive Space initiative, the HLV will provide the Air Force with an affordable, responsive, reliable and simple-to-operate capability for launching tactical space assets and conventional satellites into low earth orbit.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems is one of four companies awarded contracts for the program by the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. Lockheed Martin will formulate conceptual designs ...