| The layoffs follow Lockheed's announcement in November that it would combine two units in its electronic systems business -- the former Maritime Systems & Sensors and the Systems Integration-Owego group. The newly combined unit, Mission Systems & Sensors, will provide ships, helicopters, radar and other systems to the maritime industry and other customers |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
