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Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has agreed to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) for approximately $4.4B in a move to expand its capabilities in the areas of hypersonics, space exploration, integrated air and missile defense and tactical missiles. The deal is expected to conclude in the second half of 2021, subject to approval by Aerojet Rocketdyne’s stockholders, regulatory clearances and other customary closing conditions.

James Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), said the company saw earnings growth in the space segment and attributed the increase to hypersonic weapons programs, Defense News reported Tuesday.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has partnered with Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) to compete for the Missile Defense Agency’s Next-Generation Interceptor program.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a potential $13.3B contract to build the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile system.

THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES AECOM Names New Executives to Leadership Team; Troy Rudd Quoted AECOM has appointed Gaurav Kapoor, current chief accounting officer of the company, as chief financial officer (CFO), Douglas Stotlar as independent chairman of the Board of Directors and Troy Rudd as director of the Board, effective Aug. 15. Bradley …

Dan Boehle, formerly vice president, controller and chief accounting officer at Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD), has taken on a new role as the company’s chief financial officer.

A United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Perseverance rover lifted off Thursday from a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as part of the Mars 2020 mission.

Twenty-eight representatives from the government, private and academic sectors have been appointed to serve for a term of up to two years on the user’s advisory group of the National Space Council.

Amy Gowder, a more than two-decade aerospace and technology market veteran, has been appointed chief operating officer of Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) with responsibility over its Centers of Excellence operations.

Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) has been awarded a nine-year, $1.79B follow-on contract to produce 18 more RS-25 cryogenic engines to power Space Launch System rockets NASA intends to use on Artemis exploration missions.