As the world’s leading space company by revenue, Lockheed Martin could be viewed as an industry bellwether — at least in the United States, which spends more on space activity than any other country. If that’s the case, the Aug. 17 announcement by Lockheed Martin Space Systems that it intends to shed some 800 jobs — 4.5 percent of its work force — by year’s end does not bode well.
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