Lockheed looking to acquire new solid rocket provider

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Lockheed in ‘late stage negotiations’ with unnamed solid rocket motor supplier: CEO - Breaking Defense

After failed bid to buy Aerojet Rocketdyne, Lockheed is “endeavoring... to create another supplier,” CEO Jim Taiclet told lawmakers.

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Lockheed, General Dynamics to enter solid rocket motor market as partners - Breaking Defense

“We are going to make sure that we have security of supply, both in the United States and abroad, for the things that we need to be successful, and we are going to make investments to do that,” said Tim Cahill, executive vice president of Lockheed’s missiles and fire control unit.

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