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L-3 Coleman Aerospace has been awarded a task order from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Space Development and Test Wing for a Long Range Air Launch Target (LRALT) and mission management services in support of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense program. The award is part of the center's Sounding Rockets Program 3. L-3 Coleman will design, build and test the LRALT at its facility in Orlando, Florida.

Raytheon Company has received a $63.4 million contract with the U.S. Navy for AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar, the primary undersea warfare sensor for the U.S. Navy's MH-60R multi-mission helicopter. Work will be performed at Raytheon's Seapower Capabilit Center, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and by AN/AQS-22 partner DRS Sonar Systems, Gaithersburg, Maryland.

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