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Pittsfield Lab To Do 11 Percent of Missile-Building Contract
05:29PM / Tuesday, December 28, 2010

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday that the city will complete 11 percent of work for a $494 million missile-building contract for the Navy.

Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, based in Cambridge, received the $494,257,945 contract for guidance systems for Trident II, D5 missiles. Most of the work will be performed at the company's home office but 11 percent will be done at the laboratory's Merrill Road location.

Here is the release from the U.S. Department of Defense's website:

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Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $494,257,945